The South Asia Foresight Network . SAFN in Washington DC and the  Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) in Myanmar entered into a Working Protocol for research collaboration and exchange on July 15, 2024.  

MISIS, the first think tank in Myanmar established in July 1992, serves as a think tank for foreign policy research and provides recommendations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Working Protocol will enable joint research in Myanmar and the regions of Southeast Asia and South Asia, where the SAFN network will conduct in-depth research on foreign policy, security, and Futures Research. Further, the partnership will bridge Southeast Asia and Washington, D.C., to better understand the existing and emerging geopolitical trends and challenges in the Indo-Pacific. 

The signing ceremony of the protocol was attended by Mr. Thet Win Chargé d’Affaires/ Minister
Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. and senior diplomats and scholars, Jerome Glenn included.

Read the press release: https://southasiaforesight.org/myanmar-foreign-ministry-think-tank-misis-collaborates-with-safn-in-washington-dc/