After two decades of keeping the international community in the dark, Myanmar’s military Government has finally announced that national elections will be held on 7 November 2010. The announcement has received mixed reactions-from critics and skeptics who view the exercise as no more than rubber-stamping the authority of the military junta camouflaged in civilian uniforms, to those who see some light at the end of the tunnel in the country’s long, arduous journey towards a political transition to democracy. Regardless of which camp one sits in, the much anticipated elections in Myanmar will have significant ramifications not only for the country’s political development, but more importantly to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional community that has embarked on an ambitious plan to build a political and security community in Southeast Asia.