COVID-19 in South, West, and Southeast Asia

Risk and Response in the Early Phase

Mohd Mizan Aslam, Rohan Gunaratna

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000789966
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Asian Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Aslam and Gunaratna bring together a broad analysis of the responses of states in Asia to the threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in its early phase.

While the impact of the pandemic has undoubtedly been disastrous, it has also taught many lessons about social, political, economic, and security norms in modern civilization. The contributors to this book look at how these lessons have been learned—often the hard way—by a range of states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, and Jordan, as well as by international organizations including ASEAN. They look at a range of issues, going beyond the most apparent healthcare concerns to also look at challenges such as the gig economy, terrorism, extremism, religious identity, and cybersecurity. Using these country-based case studies, this book establishes a framework for understanding these challenges and establishing best practice and scalable solutions for addressing them.

A valuable resource for scholars and practitioners trying to understand how the world will and won't be changed by the impact of COVID-19, especially in the realms of security, society, and economy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Extremism in Southeast Asia amidst Pandemic COVID-19
• 2 COVID-19: Threat and Response in Sri Lanka
• 3 COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges and Responses
• 4 Terrorism in Pakistan during COVID-19
• 5 COVID-19 in India: Threat and Response
• 6 Managing the COVID-19 Crisis in Singapore
• 7 COVID-19 and Thailand: Responses, Health Preparedness, and Policy Direction
• 8 Global Security Crisis of COVID-19: Threat and Response in Indonesia
• 9 Global Security Challenge of COVID-19: A Sociological Observation of Religious Identity in Brunei Darussalam
• 10 Implication of COVID-19: Response to Islamic Economics in ASEAN
• 11 Malaysia Border Security and Pandemic COVID-19
• 12 The Securitization of the Coronavirus Crisis in Jordan
• 13 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Violent Extremist Movement in the Philippines
• 14 Security Threats and Challenges of Coronavirus Outbreak: General Policy Analysis
• 15 Preventing the Next Pandemic: Promoting the Planetary Health
• Index