Race and Racism in Singapore

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. THE REGION
5. SOUTHEAST ASIA IN 2021: A Year of Reckoning? 1
6. Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia: Living with COVID-19 21
7. Biden’s First Year: Coping with Decline as China Rises in Southeast Asia 42
8. China’s Role in Southeast Asia in 2021: Reassurance, Resolve, and Resurging Competition 60
9. Climate Change: Southeast Asia’s Existential Threat 73
10. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
11. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM IN 2021: The Battle against COVID-19 and a Year of Short-Lived Optimism 89
12. CAMBODIA
13. CAMBODIA IN 2021: A Year of Ongoing Domestic Challenges and Western Pressure 107
14. Walking a Fine Line: How Cambodia Navigates its Way between China and Vietnam 126
15. INDONESIA
16. INDONESIA IN 2021: In the Eye of the Storm 139
17. Terrorism and Extremism in Indonesia and the Southeast Asian Region 162
18. LAOS
19. LAOS IN 2021: (Im)Mobility with Infrastructure and COVID-19 175
20. MALAYSIA
21. MALAYSIA IN 2021: Another Regime Change and the Search for Malay Political Stability 193
22. Malaysia’s Relations with the United States and China: Asymmetries (and Anxieties) Amplified 211
23. MYANMAR
24. MYANMAR IN 2021: A State Torn Apart 233
25. Myanmar’s Economy in 2021: The Unravelling of a Decade of Reforms 254
26. THE PHILIPPINES
27. THE PHILIPPINES IN 2021: The Decline of the House of Duterte? 269
28. Hobbesian Flirtation and Viral Entanglements: Shifts in Philippine Civil-Military Terrain under the Duterte Administration 293
29. SINGAPORE
30. SINGAPORE IN 2021: Navigating through Domestic and Global Crises 307
31. Race and Racism in Singapore 324
32. THAILAND
33. THAILAND IN 2021 Angling towards Chaos? 343
34. Thailand’s Monarchy in Crisis: The Tenth Reign 362
35. VIETNAM
36. VIETNAM IN 2021: Leadership Transition, Party-Building and Combating COVID-19 373
37. Upgrading Vietnam’s Participation in the Global Value Chains 392