Economic Resilience and Security in Southeast Asia and ASEAN

The notions of ‘economic resilience’ and ‘economic security’ have risen in importance in recent years, especially in the wake of the increasingly complex transboundary challenges like climate change, cybersecurity, and the COVID-19 pandemic. How are these understood and addressed in Southeast Asia and ASEAN? What are the implications of debate over these issues for the engagement of Southeast Asian states in economic multilateralism and long-term trends in ASEAN, including on the food security, digitalisation, connectivity and smart city development fronts?