Why engagement with Myanmar’s junta is risky without proof of life for Aung San Suu Kyi

Every year, the foreign ministers of the 11 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) get together to talk regional business. These meetings tend to attract some big names from outside the region, too. At this year’s meeting this week in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will all attend. Each power has its own reason to be there. The US wants to stay visible in a region that China has…