"...three particular questions are addressed here: 1 How strong is ASEAN?s record when it comes to influencing the SPDC in relation to matters of national reconciliation and political transition? 2 What factors explain ASEAN?s role vis-à-vis Myanmar? 3 What prospect, if any, is there that ASEAN will play a significant part in trying to influence the regime to make political concessions before the 2010 elections to ensure their credibility? The article argues that, as a grouping, ASEAN has as yet not moved beyond collective criticism to induce Naypyidaw to respond positively to the main demands of its international detractors. ASEAN?s norms, different political identities, geopolitical interests and the SPDC?s prickliness have all limited ASEAN?s consensus on Myanmar. Naypyidaw?s relations with Washington, rather than ASEAN?s ?enhanced interactions? with the military government, and—especially—the domestic political dynamics in Myanmar, are likely to be the crucial determinants of further developments in the context of the 2010 elections..."