On Myanmar, Japan Alone Must Hold the Line

December 11, 2021 Topic: Myanmar Region: Asia-Pacific Tags: MyanmarCoup D'EtatDemocracyChinaRussiaJapanASEAN

On Myanmar, Japan Alone Must Hold the Line

As China and Russia loom large over Myanmar’s fate, Japan’s continued engagement with the Tatmadaw would be a much-needed democratic counterweight restraining the global ascendancy of authoritarianism affecting the future of the Indo-Pacific.

 

Yusuke Watanabe is the secretary general of the Japan-Myanmar Association.

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