Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. THE REGION
5. Southeast Asia in 2019: Adjustment and Adaptation to China’s Regional Impact 3
6. Economic Overview of Southeast Asia 19
7. The Rise of the Right: Populism and Authoritarianism in Southeast Asian Politics 43
8. American Foreign Policy and Southeast Asia 57
9. China’s Belt and Road Initiative Financing in Southeast Asia 77
10. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
11. Brunei Darussalam in 2019: Issues Revisited 99
12. CAMBODIA
13. Cambodia in 2019: Entrenching One-Party Rule and Asserting National Sovereignty in the Era of Shifting Global Geopolitics 119
14. INDONESIA
15. Post-Election Politics in Indonesia: Between Economic Growth and Increased Islamic Conservatism 137
16. Social Media and the 2019 Indonesian Elections: Hoax Takes the Centre Stage 155
17. LAOS
18. Laos in 2019: Moving Heaven and Earth on the Mekong 175
19. MALAYSIA
20. Malaysia in 2019: A Change of Government without Regime Change 191
21. Malaysia and the Pursuit of Sustainability 209
22. MYANMAR
23. Myanmar in 2019: Rakhine Issue, Constitutional Reform and Election Fever 235
24. The 2020 Myanmar General Election: Another Turning Point? 255
25. THE PHILIPPINES
26. The Ones Who Don’t Walk Away from the Philippines 275
27. SINGAPORE
28. Singapore in 2019: In Holding Pattern 295
29. The Bicentennial Commemoration: Imagining and Re-imagining Singapore’s History 323
30. THAILAND
31. Thailand in 2019: The Year of Living Unpredictably 337
32. Future—Forward? The Past and Future of the Future Forward Party 355
33. TIMOR-LESTE
34. Timor-Leste: Twenty Years after the Self-Determination Referendum 381
35. VIETNAM
36. Vietnam in 2019: A Return to Familiar Patterns 393
37. Succession Politics and Authoritarian Resilience in Vietnam 411