Singapore (VNA) – The Regional Outlook Forum 2021is being held via video conference on January 6-7 by the Singapore-based ISEAS-YusofIshak Institute.
This is the first time the annual event held online,attracting the participation of hundreds of experts, scholars and reportersfrom countries in the Southeast Asian region and the world.
In his opening remarks, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute DirectorChoi Shing Kwok said that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused difficulties,changes, and uncertainties to all people.
Themed “Power, Policy and Politics in a Post-COVID World,” the forum examinedkey dynamics at the regional and national levels, informed by two far- reachingglobal events – the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcome of the 2020US Presidential Election.
Participants are also expected to discuss the new normaloutlook in the US-China relations after the election, as well as its impact onthe Southeast Asian region, and analyze political and economic developmenttrends in the five ASEAN countries of Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar andMalaysia./.
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