A new book exposes unprecedented bottom-up changes reshaping post-coup Myanmar as the focus intensifies on attempts to accelerate global and regional reengagement.
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Review: What Global Reopening Future for Post-Coup Myanmar?
Context
“An entire generation is growing up in exile,” a top United Nations official warned this past week during a high-level event on Myanmar on the held on the sidelines of the General Assembly1. The warning was an important reminder of the intersections between the country’s internal and external realities as the current government tries to intensify engagement with a range of powers along with neighbors closer to home in Southeast Asia and ASEAN2.
Select Key Southeast Asia-Related Flashpoint Dynamics
A new book Myanmar Rises exposes unprecedented bottom-up changes reshaping the country as the focus intensifies on attempts to accelerate global and regional reengagement3. In doing so, it adds to a range of books that touch on the wider geopolitical and geoeconomic implications arising from the future trajectory of post-coup Myanmar, including ones written by former policymakers, diplomats, advisors and scholars that we have reviewed previously on ASEAN Wonk4. “The struggle for Myanmar’s future continues…the Spring Revolution has dramatically reoriented Myanmar’s international relations,” the book noted before going on to specify some of the key dimensions likely to shape the country’s future5.
Analysis
The book also highlights future scenario dimensions and dynamics (see originally-generated ASEAN Wonk table below for a summary of important contours. Paying subscribers can also read the rest of the “Analysis” section and “Implications” section looking at how these dynamics play out in the future).
Notable Additional Details, Along With Future Dynamics And Scenario Dimensions
