Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."
Myanmar and China have to be made to take regional group more seriously


Joko Widodo, center, and other leaders after the opening ceremony of the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh in November 2022: Indonesia should decisively respond to the region's crises. © AP
Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."