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Podcast: Insight Myanmar
Episode: The Silence of the Valkyries
Description: Episode #405: âMyanmar deserves better,â reflects Olle Thorell, a Swedish Member of Parliament whose nearly two-decade commitment to the nation is both political and personal.  Elected to the Riksdag in 2006, Thorell's focus on Asian affairs quickly centered on Myanmar. He learned from dedicated activists and, in 2011, had a clandestine meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi, a moment he recalls as âfantastic;â albeit, goes on to acknowledge that this occurred before what her later fall from grace in international relations. Part of Thorellâs vision as a member of the Swedish Parliamentâs Foreign Affairs Committee is for Sweden to fill the gl...