ONCE more, the principle of non-intervention in the affairs of a nation state is being called into question when Asean observes it. We have been down this way before without gaining anything from the experience.
The early 1990s was a fluid time for state policies and diplomatic language in South-East Asia. Cambodia was mired in civil war and on the verge of rupture; Myanmar was a thorn in regional diplomacy and another challenge for Asean.
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