In this episode, Dr. Dino Patti Djalal discusses Myanmar’s coup d’état with Michael Vatikiotis and Prof. Dewi Fortuna Anwar.

Issues discussed in this episode: how is the recent military coup different from the previous coups, what is known about General Min Aung Hlaing is, factionalism within the Tatmadaw , Aung San Suu Kyi’s evolving relationship with the Tatmadaw, the effectiveness of sanctions, which external power/s should take the lead on this issue, response to the Chair’s Statement on the Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, China and India’s influence in Myanmar, and more.

Michael Vatikiotis is the Singapore-based director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and author of Blood And Silk: Power and Conflict In Modern Southeast Asia. 

Prof. Dewi Fortuna Anwar is former foreign policy advisor to the Vice President Jusuf Kalla, co-founder of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia and also research professor at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

This Podcast is also available in a video format on FPCI’s Official Youtube Channel.

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