Unpacking ASEAN’s Relationship with Myanmar

Join us to unpack ASEAN’s perspective on the rapidly changing dynamics in Myanmar and what that means for the 10-member association.

Despite diplomatic efforts to engage Myanmar, ASEAN leaders remain unable to successfully implement the Five-Point Consensus unveiled in April 2021, only a few months after the coup. Since then, the international community has continued to call on ASEAN to facilitate an end to the conflict, but the bloc is stalled on what steps to take next. The junta’s announcement of general elections in 2025, along with changing leadership among multiple ASEAN member states in the last year, raises questions about the role ASEAN might play going forward as priorities in its member states change. Joining us for a conversation about ASEAN and Myanmar’s complex relationship is Moe Thuzar, an expert on ASEAN and Myanmar’s external relations, who is Senior Fellow and Coordinator for the Myanmar Studies Programme at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute.