With Dr. Evan A. Laksmana, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, and Editor of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia with great fanfare, while resistance forces cohere—and attack each other. We discuss with Evan the prospects for any meaningful action on Myanmar from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Timecodes—

0m52s :: Resistance fractures and coheres4m14s :: Min Aung Hlaing goes to Russia6m27s :: With Evan, the ASEAN 5 point consensus29m30s :: China and Russia in relation to ASEAN33m58s :: Election prospects for ASEAN39m45s :: Close

Our guests—

Dr Evan A. Laksmana, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, and Editor of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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