Southeast Asia after COVID 19: Pitfalls and Prospects

Recorded 17 June 2020.

As the nations of Southeast Asia grapple with the coronavirus and pressures to end lockdowns and open up, listen to a panel of experts who probes the impact on politics, economics, conflict, security, and governance.

Danny Quah, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, examines the internal dynamics and responses among ASEAN countries.

Michael Vatikiotis, author and Asia director of the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, will explore how the pandemic affects democratic openings in the region and renewed prospects for conflict.

Gwen Robinson, a longtime journalist, a senior fellow at ISIS Thailand, and president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand discusses how Covid-19 is devastating livelihoods of the region's most vulnerable and why this matters. 

Prof. Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University, discusses impacts on economic and security relationships not only within Southeast Asia, but with an eye on how China-US relations will affect the region. 

This event is co-sponsored by NYSEAN, FCCT, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, and ISIS.