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On this \\u201cSpecial International Edition\\u201d of Indonesia In-depth - A wave of optimism flowed over Myanmar in 2010 when the military leadership began the slow process of opening up the country and implementing both economic and democratic reforms. At the same time, the government began new efforts to establish peace with more than a dozen armed ethnic minority groups, which has been one of the world\\u2019s longest civil wars. This was followed by historic general elections in 2015 and a new government. International leaders lifted sanctions on the country and competed with each other to meet the defacto leader and face of the democratic movement, Aung San Suu Kyi.\\xa0

Now, peace negotiations have stalled, new concerns that the economy may not live up to its full potential and reports of genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya have gone unanswered. Suu Kyi has dramatically fallen from grace. What are the major obstacles for the peace negotiations? What might the upcoming election results in 2020 look like? What\\u2019s the latest situation with the Rohingya crisis? We discuss these issues and much more with the former Myanmar deputy minister of information and presidential spokesperson, Colonel (ret.) U Ye Htut.

To learn more about U Ye Htut and his insights, check out his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ye-htut-76522a80/ or his Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ye.htut.988\\xa0/ /

Podcast hosts: Shawn Corrigan & Tanita / Read text version of this episode: www.indonesiaindepth.com\\xa0 / /Say hi to us! Email \\xa0 : info@indonesiaindepth.com / /Twitter: @IndoIndepth / LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-corrigan/ /

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