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Podcast: Insight Myanmar
Episode: Dispatches from the Edge
Description: Episode #347: In the first part of this three-part series, three distinct yet intersecting voices reveal the human, political, and structural toll of the Myanmar crisisâand the inadequacy of ASEANâs current response.  Charles Santiago, a veteran Malaysian politician and currently the chair of the Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights, delivers a scathing critique of ASEANâs âprocess-drivenâ stagnation in contrast to Indonesiaâs proactive diplomacy. He argues that poverty and inequalityârooted in global economic systemsâhave eroded democratic values and enabled authoritarianism across the region. But Santiago sees a window of opportunity in Myanmarâs growing political un...