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Myanmar’s endless crisis

The Myanmar conundrum, if unsolved, will pose an uphill challenge, if not a threat, to the realization of the vision Asean adopted in 2015.

Moving capitals is not necessarily a good move. There have been stories of reasonable successes, but equally as many failures.

An economist will tell you that any form of subsidy is essentially bad for the economy, in more ways than one.

According to the Global Diplomacy Index 2019 by Lowy Institute, Indonesia ranks 21st globally and 5th among fellow Asian countries.

All these issues revolve around the choices made by the world as to how food is produced, processed, distributed and consumed.

Once ratified and implemented, they will allow bilateral relations to move forward, says Zakir Hussain.

Corruption can also be endemic, and that is something Malaysians are living with; and it is beginning to make our country very sick.

The writer says the challenge is for leaders of developed countries to rise to the occasion.

The writer says environmental, social and governance models are not well understood in developing or even middle-income economies.

Asean leaders have reiterated the importance of engaging with all parties involved in the crisis and should keep meeting till the issue is resolved.