The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Wed, 11/23/2011
Experts are praising Indonesia’s leadership of ASEAN this year while voicing concerns that incoming chair Cambodia may not do as well and may not use the office neutrally to resolve its border disputes with Thailand.
University of Indonesia international relations expert Syamsul Hadi said on Tuesday that granting ASEAN’s rotating chair to Myanmar in 2014 would have political implications for the region, and particularly for China.
“ASEAN has entrusted Myanmar to chair ASEAN in 2014, but has given it notice that it has to undertake needed steps toward democracy. This is also in line with US strategy,” he said.
Syamsul said that Myanmar might be a more open country and may not entirely be on the same page with China if it carried out its democracy agenda.
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