On September 4-7, Jakarta has hosted the 43rd ASEAN Summit ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth, as well as related meetings on September 4-7. Indonesian President Joko Widodo chaired the Summit.
Given the persistent geopolitical tensions such as the India-China border standoff, the Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on food security, the chances for cooperation among the leading G20 nations look bleak.
Given Myanmar’s geostrategic significance and the continuing insurgency threat, disturbances in Myanmar pose a direct and serious policy challenge to India. A calculated realistic approach weighing the evolving ground situation alone will deliver the objectives of India’s foreign policy.
A hundred days after the coup
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ASEAN has created a rare pathway to help Myanmar move forward
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ASEAN has created a rare pathway to help Myanmar move forward
On February 1, Army trucks and tanks rolled into the streets of Naypyidaw and Yangon, signaling the military’s overthrow of a government in which it had a sizeable share of power. The generals felt insecure with the landslide victory of the Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy (NLD) in the November 2020 elections. They decided to exert full control and terminate the experiment of transition to democracy that their wiser predecessors had initiated in 2010.