1st Edition

COVID-19 in South, West, and Southeast Asia Risk and Response in the Early Phase

Edited By Mohd Mizan Aslam, Rohan Gunaratna Copyright 2023
272 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction

Mohd Mizan Aslam & Rohan Gunaratna

1. Extremism in Southeast Asia amidst Pandemic COVID-19

Mohd Mizan Aslam

2. COVID-19: Threat and Response in Sri Lanka

Kapila Jayaratne, Vajira Dissanayake & Palitha Karunapema

3. COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges and Responses

Khuram Iqbal

4. Terrorism in Pakistan During COVID-19

Muhammad Amir Rana

5. COVID-19 in India: Threat and Resonse

Adil Rasheed

6. Managing The COVID-19 Crisis in Singapore

Kenneth Yeo Yaoren

7. COVID-19 and Thailand: Responses, Health Preparedness, and Policy Direction

Ruetaitip Chansrakaeo

8. Global Security Crisis COVID-19: Threat and Response in Indonesia

Rachel Kumendong and Edwin Tambunan

9. Global Security Challenge of COVID-19: A Sociological Observation of Religious Identity in Brunei Darussalam

Ahmad F. Yousif and Mohammed Hussain Ahmad 

10. Implication of Covid-19: Response on Islamic Economic in ASEAN

Tulus Suryanto and Mohd Mizan Aslam

11. Malaysia Border Security and Pandemic COVID-19

Ainuddin Iskandar Lee Abdullah

12. The Securitization of the Coronavirus Crisis in Jordan

Saud al-Sharafat

13. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Violent Extremist Movement in the Philippines

Joshua Snider

14. Security Threats and Challenges of Coronavirus Outbreak: General Policy Analysis

Mamdouh Abdelmottlep

15. Preventing the Next Pandemic: Promoting the Planetary Health

Rohan Gunaratna

Biography

Mohd Mizan Aslam is a former professor in Security Studies at the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a senior fellow at the Global Peace Institute London.

Rohan Gunaratna is the professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.