Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Myanmar Today two Years After the Military Coup

Panelists: Gen. M. M. Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM former Chief of the Army Staff; Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, former Ambassador of India to Myanmar; and Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, strategic analyst and formerly with M.P. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

 Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

 Two years after the military takeover of Myanmar, the civil war between the military and the People’s Defence Forces assisted by some ethnic armed organisations has reached a stalemate with the collapse of the economy and grave human rights violations. The ASEAN five-point consensus has failed to take off as the military threatens to hold elections in August. India is actively engaged with the military in its national interest