TY - BOOK AU - MUSTAFA Izzuddin TI - Brunei in 2020: durable social compact in a turbulent year PY - 2021/// KW - BRUNEI KW - SOUTHEAST ASIA KW - COVID-19 KW - ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION N2 - By the end of 2020, Brunei had navigated the pandemic storm successfully by keeping its social compact intact, achieving a relatively buoyant economy, exhibiting a balanced foreign policy through strategic hedging, and keeping the country secure through defense diplomacy. Ending 2020 in great shape places Brunei in good stead for assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN UR - https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2021.61.1.166 ER -