Myanmar crisis highlights ASEAN's identity dilemma

Failure to manage difficult choices undermines bloc's credibility

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Southeast Asian leaders attend an emergency summit in Jakarta on Apr. 24: not surprisingly, ASEAN efforts to implement a five-point plan on Myanmar have gone nowhere. © Indonesian Presidential Palace/AP

Michael Vatikiotis is Asia director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and author of "Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant."

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