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Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, right, meets with Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof, left, in Nay Pyi Taw last month. MYANMAR NEWS AGENCY via AFP By default, Brunei's Asean chairmanship has brought into the open the bloc's strengths and weaknesses for all to see due to political disruption within the region. Throughout its 54 years of existence, Asean has been chastised and belittled as a talk-only-no-decision institution. Given the current environment, its success in maintaining regional sustainable peace and development for the past five decades nevertheless has become little more than a cliché. The...
