[Webcast] Southeast Asia and COVID-19

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

5:00 PM

To mark the launch of the Asia Society Policy Institute-Asia Society Australia Southeast Asia and COVID-19 project, join us for a 360° look at the course of the pandemic in Southeast Asia and its effects on the region’s politics, society and external relations.

While some Southeast Asian nations have successfully contained the spread of the virus, the economic and human toll across the region has been immense. Recovery will be slow and arduous. These challenges come at a time when Southeast Asia’s external environment is complex and contested for other reasons – a time of change in global order, of protectionism and nationalism and of intense competition between the United States and China.

Our expert panel comprises: Richard Maude, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute and Executive Director, Policy, Asia Society Australia; Dr Tikki Pang, Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore; and Dr Huong Le Thu, senior analyst at Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Defence and Strategy Program.                                                   

Date: 20 October 2020
Time: 5 p.m. AEDT 

To mark the launch of the Asia Society Policy Institute-Asia Society Australia Southeast Asia and COVID-19 project, join us for a 360° look at the course of the pandemic in Southeast Asia and its effects on the region’s politics, society and external relations.

While some Southeast Asian nations have successfully contained the spread of the virus, the economic and human toll across the region has been immense. Recovery will be slow and arduous. These challenges come at a time when Southeast Asia’s external environment is complex and contested for other reasons – a time of change in global order, of protectionism and nationalism and of intense competition between the United States and China.

Our expert panel comprises: Richard Maude, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute and Executive Director, Policy, Asia Society Australia; Dr Tikki Pang, Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore; and Dr Huong Le Thu, senior analyst at Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Defence and Strategy Program.                                                   

Date: 20 October 2020
Time: 5 p.m. AEDT 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

5:00 PM