24 Jun 2024 The Pentagon’s Disinformation War: Undermining Health and Alliances in Southeast Asia Nuurrianti Jalli Recent revelations that the US’ Pentagon waged a disinformation campaign against Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in Southeast Asia should shake the region out of any naïve assumptions that the great powers would protect anyone else’s interests but their own as they fight for supremacy. COVID-19 International Relations Misinformation Philippine Vaccine Diplomacy
12 Apr 2023 Is ASEAN Prepared for Future Pandemics? Bony Wiem Lestari|Aly Diana|Adriana Viola Miranda|Fadilah Fitri Arsy Bony Wiem Lestari, Aly Diana, Adriana Viola Miranda, and Fadilah Fitri Arsy call for ASEAN countries to enhance regional collective actions for future health preparedness. ASEAN ASEANFocus COVID-19 Health Regional Cooperation
15 Feb 2023 ASEAN @55: Adapting to Global Disruptions Lim Jock Hoi This year ASEAN celebrates its 55th founding anniversary. ASEANFocus is privileged to feature ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi’s perspectives on various global challenges and what ASEAN has done to adapt to new realities. ASEAN ASEAN Connectivity ASEANFocus COVID-19 Global Value Chains Youth
9 Jan 2023 Strengthening Links in ASEAN’s Global Value Chains Post-Pandemic Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy|Pham Thi Phuong Thao The Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions have disruptions global value chains. This has proven to be both a boon and bane for ASEAN. ASEAN COVID-19 Economy Global Value Chains
15 Aug 2022 Piracy and the Pandemic: Maritime Crime in Southeast Asia, 2020-2022 Ian Storey Contrary to expectations that the Covid-19 pandemic would result in a surge in maritime crime in Southeast Asia due to worsening economic conditions, 2021 saw the frequency of piracy and sea robbery attacks decline to pre-pandemic levels. However, the Singapore Strait remains a black spot. COVID-19 Maritime Crime Maritime Security South China Sea
12 Jul 2022 Booster Shot? Pao Tang Digital Payment and Thailand’s Domestic Consumption Kanpunnarin Amphunan|Kevin Zhang|Fanzura Banu Digital payment apps, while facilitating ease of consumption, do not tackle the fundamental issue: limited disposable income of Thais, particularly among those in lower-income groups. COVID-19 Digitalisation Monetary Policy Thai Economy Thailand
27 May 2022 Can a Regional Public Health Emergency Centre Work for ASEAN? Melinda Martinus ASEAN’s plan to set up a regional public health emergency centre will support its efforts to reopen the region’s economy to tourism and to finally shed the pall that the Covid-19 pandemic has cast. However, the devil is in the details and ASEAN needs to ensure the plan is not dead in the water. ASEAN COVID-19 Health
26 May 2022 Uncertainties in Malaysia’s Economic Recovery Cassey Lee The war in Ukraine and the de-coupling of Russia from major economies are expected to dampen economic recovery and generate inflationary shocks. If inflation in Malaysia worsens, policymakers may have to implement a more restrictive monetary policy combined with fiscal stimulus funded by debt and petroleum royalties. COVID-19 Malaysia Malaysian Economy
19 May 2022 Cash Payments in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia: Phasing Out or Coming Back? Michael Schaper The region paints a highly mixed picture, one that confounds the widespread assumption that cash is on a one-way path of inevitable decline, hastened by Covid-19. COVID-19 Digitalisation Economic Development Monetary Policy
1 Apr 2022 Supply Chain Resilience and the Trumped-up Case for Reshoring Jayant Menon Regional or country-specific shocks are more likely to cause relocations to third countries than reshoring, driven by changes to competitiveness. COVID-19 Economic Development International Trade Supply Chains
