Tag: ASEAN

Forsea co-founder Dr Maung Zarni on the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta

ASEAN is correct in condemning the Myanmar junta for its sustained and systematic uses of violence against civilians. But Indonesia, as chair, should use its position to officially designate the Myanmar junta as a terrorist organization.

/ September 6, 2023

အကြမ်းဖက်သတ်ဖြတ်နေမှုများအဆုံးသတ်နိုင်ရေးနှင့် နိုင်ငံအစိတ်စိတ်အမွှာမွှာ မပြိုကွဲရေးအတွက် ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တော်လှန်ရေးအင်အားစုများဖြင့် အာဆီယံပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ရန်လိုအပ်

ငြိမ်းချမ်းသောပဠိပက္ခဖြေရှင်းခြင်းနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ဒုက္ခအတိကျရောက်နေသော မြန်မာပြည်သူများနှင့်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအား ထိရောက်စွာကူညီနိုင်လိမ့်မည်ဟု မျှော်လင့်ကြီးစွာစောင့်စား နေကြပါသည်။

/ February 2, 2023

ASEAN Needs to Work With Burma’s Democratic Resistance to End Violence and Reverse the Slow Balkanization

As leaders of ethnic armed resistance organizations, we view ourselves not only representatives of our respective communities but as national actors. We are forging ahead with an institutional platform for a federal democracy. We offer our utmost assistance to ASEAN and call on the UN and friends of ASEAN to support its efforts in implementing the Five-Point Consensus.

/ February 1, 2023

东盟需要与缅甸的民主抵抗结束暴力和扭转缓慢的巴尔干化

作为民族武装抵抗组织的领导人,我们不仅将自己视为各自社区的代表,而且将自己视为国家行动者。 我们正在为联邦民主建立一个体制平台。

/ February 1, 2023

ASEAN under Cambodia’s Chair-ship Needs a New Muscular Strategy To Deal with Myanmar Dictator Min Aung Hlaing

ASEAN Defence Ministries could work out a Humanitarian Task Force, with Cambodia as a natural leader. The post-civil war Cambodian leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen has decades of experience working with external actors, from UN to China. ​​This proposal could be attractive to both China and other immediate neighbours.

/ September 5, 2022

Bandung Principles in Question: The Case of ASEAN

The question now is not whether the Bandung Principles need to be completely changed. Certainly not. However, the following two questions need to be discussed: To what extent or under what conditions should a country not intervene in another country? And, if intervention is needed, in what form would this be appropriate?

/ October 7, 2021

Attacks on Internet Freedoms Across Southeast Asia

In the next FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles in Asia, Dr. James Gomez, Regional Director at Asia Centre, will outline a shift in tactics by the authoritarian regimes of ASEAN – from internet content censorship to infrastructure control.

/ May 4, 2021

Universities, Academic Censorship & Intellectual Un-Freedoms: How ASEAN States Make Their Peoples Unable to Think

This FORSEA Dialogue will explore the multiple ways in which ASEAN states execute the suppression of intellectual freedom, particularly within their state-run university systems, FORSEA’s in-depth dialogue series is bringing together a group of scholars who specialize in Southeast Asian affairs.

/ January 7, 2021

China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy: Is ASEAN a Victim?

Is the China debt-trap diplomacy real in the form of a calculated move by China to seize strategic assets to further its geopolitical ambitions as an emerging superpower? Or is a misuse of language to describe a common phenomenon depicting the need and greed of financially incompetent borrowers?

/ January 4, 2021