The regional bloc should invite representation both from the National Unity Government and the military regime.
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Myanmar’s Junta Has No Diplomatic Cards to Play
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ASEAN’s refusal to be manipulated by the military regime leaves the junta isolated and threatens its internal cohesion.
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Recent events in Myanmar and Afghanistan offer the West a lesson: successful governments generate legitimacy first, and only later create a security force to protect it.
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Hit-and-run clashes with ethnic Burmese fighters in the heartland and urban guerrilla warfare now complicate the Tatmadaw’s traditional task of containing ethnic armies.
AUKUS Alliance Poses Challenges to Other Powers
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The new security pact is a big gamble for the US, Australia and the UK, and will necessitate a strategic rethink in Southeast Asia, Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere.
Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement is Dead
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Any future peace process must be genuinely inclusive and not repeat the mistakes made by both military and civilian governments of the past.
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By banishing the State Counselor to a secret location and rejecting ASEAN’s envoy, Min Aung Hlaing is making his despised predecessors look like masters of statecraft.
Regional Leaders Face Dual Task: Save ASEAN, Save Myanmar
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Calls have emerged from within ASEAN to shun Myanmar, but such a move would harm the regional grouping’s members in the long run.
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Myanmar Crisis Shows ASEAN’s Limits
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The ASEAN Charter puts people at the center of its community-building efforts; this means the ‘ASEAN way’ must be expanded beyond espousing the rights of states.
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If junta chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing is welcomed at ASEAN’s summit in Brunei this month, the regional bloc will be declaring itself morally bankrupt once and for all.
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Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stressed the importance of the Buddhist concept of ‘balance of all things’ in preparing for the post COVID-19 era.
Diplomacy Is Wasted on Myanmar’s Junta
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While foreign capitals uselessly call for peace, the regime’s atrocities worsen by the day, only serving to justify the National Unity Government’s call to arms.
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Beijing has long played a complex diplomatic game in its southern neighbor, hedging its bets by courting all stakeholders; the UN representation issue is no different.
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Beijing will continue to back the junta to protect its access to the Indian Ocean, but it has learned not to put all its eggs in one basket in its southern neighbor.
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