1st Edition
COVID-19 in South, West, and Southeast Asia Risk and Response in the Early Phase
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.
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.
