"For the second year running, the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute conducted The State of Southeast Asia survey from 12 November to 1 December 2019. A total of 1,308 respondents from the ten ASEAN member states participated in the 2020 edition of the survey, which seeks to understand the perceptions of Southeast Asians on regional affairs and ASEAN’s engagements with its Dialogue Partners, especially the major powers. The survey which was conducted online drew from a specialised pool of respondents from five professional categories: research, business and finance, public sector, civil society, and the media. The purposive sampling method was used, based on two criteria: respondents must be Southeast Asian nationals and have adequate knowledge of regional affairs as inferred from their profession and job scope. The survey findings are not meant to be representative of the extant Southeast Asian view on regional affairs. They do, however, serve to present a general view of the prevailing attitudes among those in a position to inform or influence policy in ten ASEAN member states on regional political and economic issues. The survey has eight sections: (1) background of respondents, (2) regional security outlook, (3) major powers’ regional influence and leadership, (4) geo- economics and regional integration, (5) geopolitics and regional architecture, (6) China and US’ engagements with the region, (7) perceptions of trust, and (8) soft power. The survey contains 58 questions, of which 18 touch on “baseline” issues which were included in last year’s survey. The remaining 40 questions, which are highlighted in the report with an asterisk (*), address new issues for the regional discourse in 2020. The findings for the “baseline” questions for the preceding and current years are presented side-by-side to facilitate comparative analysis. We have also taken the liberty to rearrange the ordering of the questions and organise them under new headings to improve the report’s clarity and cohesion. For the purpose of readability, the figures in this report are rounded up or down to the nearest one decimal point..."