About this episode

Michael Martin discusses the impact of the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran on ASEAN and Myanmar.

Michael Martin returns to Beyond the Mekong following the outbreak of the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran, which is having a profound impact across the world and on ASEAN, where oil prices have surged, supply chains are being severely disrupted, and the costs are being borne by ordinary people. Martin, who has retired as a specialist in Asian affairs for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt in Bangkok about the war and Trump’s foreign policy intentions. This includes the prospects for Myanmar, which Amnesty International says is believed to have been supplied with aviation gasoline by Iran. Iranian fuel enabled the military’s relentless aerial bombing campaigns that has left thousands of civilians dead amid a five-year civil war.

People in this episode

Host: Luke Hunt

Guest: Michael Martin

Topics covered

• Iran War
• ASEAN
• Myanmar
• oil prices
• supply chains
• foreign policy

Keywords

• Iran
• ASEAN
• Myanmar
• oil prices
• supply chains
• civil war
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amnesty International, Congressional Research Service, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Places: Iran, ASEAN, Myanmar

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