Geopolitics
ASEAN's Crumbling Consensus: The Junta's Triumph and the Betrayal of Myanmar
Myanmar's military regime, led by Min Aung Hlaing, is openly flouting ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus and gaining legitimacy through diplomatic engagements with neighboring mainland Southeast Asian states like Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. This shameless rehabilitation of a junta is a stark betrayal of Myanmar's people and a devastating blow to the embryonic principles of regional accountability and conflict resolution, proving once again that imperialist-style power politics trample human dignity.
