Consider This: Myanmar Crisis (Part 1) - ASEAN Weighs Its Options
Apr 23, 2021, 02:57 PM
Tomorrow ASEAN leaders will hold a special summit to try to persuade Myanmar's junta to end the violence in the country and let in aid. The meeting is the first concerted regional effort to ease the political crisis.Will ASEAN be able to successfully navigate the Myanmar crisis? And if it fails, will it be able to maintain its centrality in issues of regional security? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to His Excellency Eric Paulsen, Representative of Malaysia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.