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Prospects for South-east Asia to end-2019

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Subject

Prospects for South-east Asia to end-2019.

Significance

The 34th ASEAN Summit in Thailand later this month will outline the challenges facing South-east Asia in the second half of this year. While the regional body looks to step up economic cooperation, there are signs of a rising security threat from Islamist terrorism. More generally, much of the region now treads a fine line between democracy and authoritarianism.

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