China's influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in the South China Sea

By Htwe Htwe Thein, Associate professor, Curtin University

The fate of Myanmar has major implications for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

An undemocratic Myanmar serves no one’s interests except China, which is consolidating its economic and strategic influence in its smaller neighbour in pursuit of its two-ocean strategy.

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