{"id":9806,"date":"2023-07-20T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2023-08-06T20:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:51:43","slug":"has-history-left-aung-san-suu-kyi-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/has-history-left-aung-san-suu-kyi-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Has history left Aung San Suu Kyi behind?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/andrew-selth\/\">ANDREW SELTH<\/a>\u00a0 |  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been suggested recently that Myanmar\u2019s imprisoned State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been left behind by history and is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/13072023-compromised-suu-kyi-no-longer-central-to-myanmar-oppositions-vision-analysis\/\">no longer relevant<\/a>&nbsp;to the outcome of the civil war that has been raging around the country since the 2021 military coup. Given her pivotal role in Myanmar\u2019s politics over the past 35 years or so, this idea warrants closer inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The claim seems to have been prompted in part by the visit to Myanmar in April of the outgoing Thai Foreign Minister, Don Pramudwinai, who was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Myanmar-Crisis\/Thai-foreign-minister-says-he-met-with-Myanmar-s-Suu-Kyi\">granted an interview<\/a>&nbsp;with Aung San Suu Kyi. He later said that she was in favour of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/myanmar-s-pro-democracy-camp-faults-secret-meeting-with-aung-san-suu-kyi-\/7181595.html\">dialogue without preconditions<\/a>\u201d aimed at achieving a negotiated solution to Myanmar\u2019s crisis. This option has long been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/un-envoy-sees-no-prospect-for-political-settlement-in-myanmar-\/7008808.html\">rejected<\/a>&nbsp;by both the junta and the shadow National Unity Government (NUG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019s visit has been criticised by the NUG and other opposition groups as a stunt designed to strengthen Bangkok\u2019s ties to Myanmar\u2019s military regime and to justify the outgoing Thai government\u2019s much criticised attempt at two-track diplomacy, outside formal meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It has also been seen as a way of putting pressure on Indonesia, as ASEAN\u2019s current chair, to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irrawaddy.com\/opinion\/commentary\/myanmar-regime-up-to-its-old-tricks-playing-the-suu-kyi-card.html\">modify its tough stance<\/a>&nbsp;against the junta, which has brushed aside ASEAN\u2019s Five-Point Consensus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/has-history-left-aung-san-suu-kyi-behind\">Has history left AungSan Suu Kyi behind?<\/a>&#8221; article published at The Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Professor Andrew Selth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDREW SELTH\u00a0 | It has been suggested recently that Myanmar\u2019s imprisoned State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been left behind by history and is&nbsp;no longer relevant&nbsp;to the outcome of the civil war that has been raging around the country since the 2021 military coup. 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