ASEAN’s Myanmar Strategy, Slow But Steady
Despite repeated urgency for stronger action, ASEAN recognizes that coercive strategies are not effective in seeking a final resolution in Myanmar.
Despite repeated urgency for stronger action, ASEAN recognizes that coercive strategies are not effective in seeking a final resolution in Myanmar.
China is on the ascendant in a post-coup Myanmar, which threatens to become the new Afghanistan unless the US and its allies act.
A decade ago, Myanmar acted boldly to reduce China’s influence but the West spurned it. That must change in 2020.