[WEBCAST] The Impact of Coronavirus on Southeast Asia's Economy, Political Systems, and Regional Relationships
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This is the fifth in a series of webcast events by the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) entitled “Coronavirus, Asia, and the World.” Throughout the coming weeks, ASPI will be presenting web-only programs every Tuesday and Thursday to analyze the scope of the ramifications from the novel coronavirus across the Asia-Pacific region and the world. All events will be live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook. For information about future events in this series and for ASPI’s additional coronavirus content see here.
Southeast Asia has all the ingredients for large scale transmission of the novel coronavirus COVID 19 – mostly weak public health systems, crowded cities, still deep pockets of poverty, and significant migrant worker flows. As the virus spreads and regional economies falter, can a humanitarian catastrophe be avoided?
In this edition of the Coronavirus, Asia, and the World webcast, Asia Society Policy Institute Senior Fellow Richard Maude will discuss the course of the pandemic in Southeast Asia. Which countries are managing the pandemic best and why? What has been the impact on Southeast Asian economies and societies? How will the pandemic affect geopolitics in Southeast Asia? What role is there for Southeast Asian regionalism in the fight against the pandemic? Join the Asia Society Policy Institute for this global online conversation.
Speakers
Richard Maude joined Asia Society Australia in January 2020 as the inaugural Executive Director, Policy, and Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute – the first senior executive role in the Institute outside the United States. Richard Maude most recently served as Deputy Secretary, Indo-Pacific Group, in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has held many other leading roles in government, including Director-General of the Office of National Assessments, and has been a senior foreign policy and national security advisor to the Prime Minister. He also led the taskforce which supported the preparation of the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper.
Daniel Russel is Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service at the U.S. Department of State, he most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He served at the White House as Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Asian Affairs, where he helped formulate President Obama’s strategic rebalance to the Asia Pacific region.