"ASEAN realizes that what Myanmar has done is put them over a barrel," said Brad Glosserman of the Pacific Forum CSIS in Hawaii. "The unwillingness of one or two people in the Myanmar government is threatening the ASEAN larger role."
The last thing ASEAN wants is a no-show by the Secretary of State.
"If Myanmar threatens that, then they have essentially undermined the longer standing credibility of the region," Glosserman said.
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