Dr Avinash Paliwal

Deputy Director
SOAS South Asia Institute

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders of the National League for Democracy were arrested in a series of raids by the military causing imbalance in the tensed civil-military relations on February 1. While, the American President Joe Biden slapped sanctions on Myanmar, India has taken a calibrated stand on the coup. To discuss this implications of this development on democracy, human rights and the larger geopolitical implications on South Asia, Nithya Subramanian, Editor at ISAS, spoke to our guest Dr Avinash Paliwal, a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Deputy Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, South Asia Institute.