In this episode, Garrison is joined once again by Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia. Mr. Bhatia served as India’s Ambassador to Myanmar from 2002-2005. The two discuss the recent military takeover in Myanmar, and spend time detailing the history leading to the recent crisis. Mr. Bhatia shares his personal perspective of his time meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi during her earlier period of house arrest in the early 2000s, applying that first hand experience to detailing Ms. Suu Kyi’s political views, as well as analyzing the current outlook both for her and for democratic Burma in the coup’s aftermath. The episode also assesses regional responses to the coup from various capitals, ranging from New Delhi to Beijing. In closing they discuss the rise of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and the future of India-U.S. relations. Ambassador Bhatia’s acclaimed book, "India--Myanmar Relations: Changing Contours" is available for purchase here: https://www.routledge.com/India--Myanmar-Relations-Changing-contours/Bhatia/p/book/9780815376002 Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia is a Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Programme at Gateway House. He is a member of CII’s two bodies: International Trade Policy Council and Africa Committee. He served as Chair of FICCI’s Core Group of Experts on BIMSTEC and continues to head its Task Force on the Blue Economy. He is a founding member of the Kalinga International Foundation.  As Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) from 2012-15, he played a key role in strengthening India's Track-II research and outreach activities. During a 37-year innings in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), he served as Ambassador to Myanmar and Mexico and as High Commissioner to Kenya and South Africa. He dealt with a part of South Asia, while posted as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. A prolific columnist, who has also written a critically acclaimed book, India-Myanmar Relations: Changing Contours (Routledge), he is a frequent speaker on foreign policy issues in India and abroad. He was Senior Visiting Research Fellow during 2011-13 at the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. He holds a master’s degree in political science from Allahabad University. Garrison Moratto is the founder and host of The New Diplomatist Podcast; he holds a M.S. of International Relations as well as a B.S. in Government: Public Administration (Summa Cum Laude) from Liberty University in the United States. All guest opinions are their own and not that of The New Diplomatist podcast formally.  Please subscribe and leave a review for feedback; join the podcast on Patreon for bonus perks.  Follow The New Diplomatist on Twitter and Instagram. Thank you for listening.