Includes bibliographical references and index

Divided or Together? Southeast Asia in 2012 / Bridget Welsh -- Southeast Asian Economies: Building the Base for Stronger, Better Distributed Growth / Manu Bhaskaran -- Southeast Asia in America's Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific / Satu P. Limaye -- Chinese perspective on the U.S. Role in Southeast Asia / Zhu Feng -- Brunei Darussalam in 2012: Towards a Zikir Nation / Hajah Sainah Haji Saim -- Cambodia in 2012: Towards Developmental Authoritarianism? / Kheang Un -- Cambodia's Border Conflict with Thailand / Pou Sothirak -- Indonesian Politics in 2012: Graft, Intolerance, and Hope of Change in the Late Yudhoyono Period / Greg Fealy -- Resource Nationalism and Constitutional Jihad / Ahmad D. Habir -- Laos in 2012: In the Name of Democracy / Holly High -- Malaysia in 2012: Promises of Reform; Promises Met? / Graham K. Brown -- Shades of Citizenship: Betwixt the Civic and the Ethnic / Lee Hock Guan -- Myanmar in 2012: mhyam ta lin lin or Great Expectation / Robert H. Taylor -- Myanmar's 2012 By-Elections: the Return of NLD / Tin Maung Maung Than -- The Philippines Under Aquino III, Year 2: a Ponderous Slog Continues / Patricio N. Abinales -- The Philippines in the South China Sea: Out of Time, Out of Options? / Maria Ortuoste -- Singapore in 2012: a Year of Scandals, Attempted Political Engagement, and Socio-Economic Anxieties / Narayanan Ganesan -- Singapore's Population Conundrum: The Great Balancing Act 2/ Yap Mui Teng -- Thailand in 2012: A Year of Truth, Reconciliation, and Continued Divide / Chairat Charoensin-o-larn -- Timor-Leste in 2012: The Harsh Reality of Independence / Damien Kingsbury -- Vietnam in 2012: A Rent-Seeking State on the Verge of a Crisis / Alexander L. Vuving -- Navigating the Crisis : The VCP's Efforts to Restructure the Economy and Fight Corruption / Le Hong Hiep

Contains contributions by experts that discuss the significant issues and events of 2013 in each of the Southeast Asian nations and the region as a whole.