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Activists hold placards and banners during a protest to support the anti-coup movement and democracy in Myanmar, near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat building, ahead of the ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Order from Chaos

Myanmar’s crisis tests ASEAN

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Friday, August 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Health workers wait for their turn as Vietnam starts its official rollout of AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for health workers, at Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hai Duong province, Vietnam, March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Delta variant outbreak challenges Vietnam’s COVID-19 response strategy

Huong Le Thu

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Passengers, mostly Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) queue at the departure area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Order from Chaos

The Philippine economy under the pandemic: From Asian tiger to sick man again?

Ronald U. Mendoza

Monday, August 2, 2021

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Events

The quagmire in Myanmar: How should the international community respond?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The future of Asia: Charting a roadmap for US engagement and leadership

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

The future of US alliances in the Indo-Pacific: A conversation with Senator Tammy Duckworth

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

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Related Books

Myanmar/Burma

Edited by Alexis Rieffel

2010

Out of Business and On Budget

By Alexis Rieffel and Jaleswari Pramodhawardani

2007

East Asian Economic Regionalism

By Edward J. Lincoln

2004

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Experts

Natalie Sambhi

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

SecurityScholar

Thomas Pepinsky

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

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Jonathan Stromseth

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

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Multimedia

A Chinese worker carts parcels, most of which are from online shopping, at the warehouse of an e-commerce company.

Global Economy

How will the rise of the global middle class affect trade and consumption?

Homi Kharas and David Dollar

Monday, September 13, 2021

Southeast Asia

What did Kamala Harris’ trip do for US engagement in Southeast Asia?

Jonathan Stromseth and Adrianna Pita

Friday, August 27, 2021

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the signing ceremony of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP) on November 15, 2020.

Global Trade

What you should know about RCEP, Asia’s new trade agreement

Peter A. Petri and David Dollar

Thursday, November 19, 2020

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More on Southeast Asia

A woman paints on ceramic products at an assembly of Hai Duong ceramic factory in Hai Duong province, Vietnam July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

Training and support for female entrepreneurs in Vietnam: What do women want and need?

Tran Thi Ngoc Tran

Friday, July 23, 2021

Hanoi, Vietnam.- According to the Hanoi Department of Health, as of the afternoon of February 21, Hanoi had taken COVID-19 testing samples for 44,355 people returning from the epidemic area, of them 32,692 were negative. As many as 2,368 out of 2,388 people returning from Cam Giang district, Hai Duong province - the country?s largest hotspot - from January 15 had been tested with 1,908 negative and the rest are waiting for results. Thus, the total number of people returning to Hanoi from 12 localities hit by the pandemic tested negative was 34,600 by February 21 afternoon.

An ideal public health model? Vietnam’s state-led, preventative, low-cost response to COVID-19

Emma Willoughby

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Oum Sreykhouch carries her child as she stands with her neighbours behind a lockdown barrier to ask for food donations after their village has been closed for more than two weeks inside a red zone with strict lockdown measures during the latest outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Cindy Liu

COVID-19 comes to Cambodia

Adrien Chorn and Jonathan Stromseth

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

A bird flies near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat building, ahead of the ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Southeast Asia’s great power dynamics

Jonathan Stromseth and Sebastian Strangio

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 walks past an electronic board showing currency exchange rates at a securities firm in Tokyo. Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday on gains in other Asian markets and expectations for a U.S. economic recovery after the Congress passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package overnight. (Photo by James Matsumoto / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Asia’s new foreign investment landscape

David Dollar

East Asia Forum Quarterly April - June 2021

A vendor wearing a protective face mask, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), cycles past a flower market in Manila, Philippines, March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Southeast Asia’s post-pandemic recovery outlook

Roland Rajah

Monday, March 15, 2021

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Reports

The quagmire in Myanmar: How should the international community respond?

The future of Asia: Charting a roadmap for US engagement and leadership

The future of US alliances in the Indo-Pacific: A conversation with Senator Tammy Duckworth

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center