The military intervention in Myanmar this week is leading many outsiders to consider an appropriate response. The new Biden administration in the United States and the European Union (EU) are evaluating economic sanctions. In contrast, others including neighbouring China, Thailand and Cambodia consider this to be a domestic matter to be left to Myanmar.
Read the full article written by Simon Tay for The Straits Times (by invitation).
Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of Shadows Across The Golden Land: Myanmar’s Opening, Foreign Influence And Investment, published in 2020.
This article was first published in The Straits Times on 6 February 2021.
