Myanmar: Where is it going?

Panelists: Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Studies Programme at Gateway House, author of Indo-Myanmar Relations and former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar and Mexico and High Commissioner to Kenya, South Africa and Lesotho; Shri Kallol Bhattacharjee, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu, author of The Great Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv Gandhi, Gen. Zia and the Unending War; and Mr. Jaffarullah, Founding Member, Rohingya Human Rights Initiative who is presently a teacher at The National Institute of Open Schooling

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University and former diplomat

Myanmar is experiencing a time of trouble following the coup d’état carried out by the military on 1^st February 2021 after the party it supported lost the election to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi whose party won the election. Since then the military has used brutal violence to put down resistance to its regime. So far, the international community, including the UN Security Council has failed to assist Myanmar in restoring democracy