"Third parties? interventions to support conflict resolution in South East Asia have been rather rare in the last decades. Indeed, it has proven difficult for outsiders to play a facilitation or a mediation role in that part of the world and this for different reasons. Among some possible explanations: the perception of interference in internal affairs, the history of a colonial past impacting the present, and the mistrust towards foreigners. In particular, in comparison to most of the African conflict resolution cases, the interventions in South East Asia have been mo stly locally conducted and space for outsiders is scarce. Nevertheless some foreigners have found ways to contribute to support peace in that part of the world and Emma Leslie is a stimulating example of this. She is currently involved in three peace processes across the region ? the Moro Islamic Liberation Front/Philippine government; Karen National Union and Myanmar government; and the All Burma Students Democratic Front and Myanmar government. The Mediation Support Project (MSP) round table discussion therefore focused on the Philippines and Myanmar. Emma shared her experience on how to deal with those specific mediation/facilitation challenges and draw lessons from those cases..."