If the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) ever believed that their 5-point plan in response to the 2021 Myanmar military coup would ever be implemented by the ruling junta, it was surely a case of wishful thinking.
The bland assumption that the coup regime was prepared to make concessions to the ASEAN plan – a signed pledge by the junta that committed all parties to ending violence, engaging in dialogue to find a peaceful solution and facilitating humanitarian assistance – reflects a very naïve understanding of how Myanmar’s military caste has dominated the nation’s politics and society for nearly 60 years, since its first coup back in 1962.
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