Southeast Asia faces a complex 2026, with a snap election in Thailand, conflict between two neighbours, possible state-level contests in Malaysia, and Indonesia managing reconstruction in Sumatra and other programmes. BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA: Southeast Asian governments will have to tackle economic anxiety as well as simmering geopolitical tensions in the coming year, with some countries in the region set for greater domestic instability amid growing scepticism about whether politics is