achieving SDGs will probably help --- ...reducing these root causes, since for example poverty can be a driver for war and political instability, but then we are back to how do we achieve SDGs in the context of war and political instability? At the moment I can't see many examples where international organisations had a significant impact on neither. When I think about Myanmar, where initially democratisation / political stabilisation led to better socio-economic development, now the spiral is the other way around. The destabilisation from the pandemic might have been a facilitator, but the expression of different interests of the international community also had their part. Let's hope ASEAN takes it as their chance to show their power.

Source author: Katharina Beyer katharina.beyer@etu.unige.ch