East Timor’s Ramos-Horta Offers Hands-On Diplomacy to Resolve Myanmar Crisis Amid ASEAN Turmoil

In the complex theater of Southeast Asian geopolitics, East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta stands out not just as a symbol of resilience but as a pragmatic diplomat ready to confront one of the region’s most stubborn conflicts. Freshly accepted as ASEAN’s 11th member, East Timor—a nation born from decades of struggle for freedom—now proposes personal, in-the-field diplomacy to break the deadlock of Myanmar’s devastating civil war. Why Does America Need to Watch ASEAN and Myanmar Closely? At first glance, East Timor might seem a small player on the global stage: a young democracy with just over a million citizens and...