A man uses a slingshot during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Reuters
A man uses a slingshot during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Reuters
Evan A. Laksmana
Opinion

Opinion

Evan A. Laksmana

Myanmar crisis: will Indonesia’s pleas to China, Japan and the US be heard?

  • Jakarta lacks the leverage to effect change in Myanmar and can only plead with others who hold some sway, such as China, Japan, Russia, India, and the US
  • But it cannot afford to do nothing, lest the troubled country becomes a ‘Southeast Asian Syria or Afghanistan’

A man uses a slingshot during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Reuters
A man uses a slingshot during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Reuters
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