Aung San Suu Kyi became one of the most recognisable people in the world in the 1990s and 2000s during long periods under house arrest in her native Myanmar. Released in 2010, her image as an icon of democracy, resilience and human rights has been tainted by her apparent ambivalence towards the military-sponsored ethnic cleansing (some say genocide) of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority.

My guest today is Dr Ronan Lee (@Ronan_Lee), research fellow at the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London. Ronan is the author of Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity History and Hate Speech, which was released last year. We discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s early life as a member of the Myanmar elite, her time under house arrest, her response to the Rohingya genocide, and the complex nature of her personal politics and her legacy.