As foreign minister, Aung San Suu Kyi is ultimately responsible for Myanmar's international affairs. Nobody pretends that this job is straightforward. It requires careful attention to a long list of problems, old and new, both at home and abroad. Success for Myanmar's top diplomat, as she balances her other responsibilities in the new post of state counselor, will require good judgment and smart politics.
In early May, her ministry's top official, Aung Lynn, made his first big public intervention under the National League for Democracy government. The permanent secretary sought to dampen enthusiasm for references to the "Rohingya," a marginalized Muslim minority concentrated in Myanmar's western Rakhine State. For the Myanmar government, the problem on paper is that Rohingya have not been recognized as one of the country's 135 national races. (Courtesy of asia.nikkei.com)
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