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US must change course with Myanmar
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 11/04/2025
» Myanmar needs help. After more than four years of brutal civil war, the country has been hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the strongest it has suffered since 1946. The resulting humanitarian crisis is dire, and continues to escalate, but despite an extraordinary appeal for international aid from Myanmar's military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the US has largely failed to deliver.
Myanmar generals extend emergency rule again, delaying polls
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/01/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's military government extended a four-year emergency rule, further delaying plans for long-promised general elections as a civil war rages on.
Myanmar's civil war after four years
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 31/01/2025
» Four years after its military coup and consequent civil war, Myanmar's spotlight in global headlines continues to dim as geostrategic reorientations and realignments among the major powers take centre stage. Dramatic and drastic foreign policy changes are afoot in the United States under the second administration of President Donald J Trump, while the European Union faces an existential threat from Russia's aggression in Ukraine, and Japan is mired in political sclerosis at home. Myanmar's fate and future will thus likely be determined by the course and outcome of its civil war, China's expanding influence in the country and Asean member states' manoeuvres to a lesser extent.
Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine
Published on 11/01/2025
» NAYPYIDAW — Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations (UN) said, as the Southeast Asia nation's civil war nears its fourth year.
Myanmar rebels claim to hold junta’s western HQ
Published on 21/12/2024
» A rebel army in Myanmar says it has captured a major military headquarters in the country’s west, marking the fall of the junta’s second regional command as it faces mounting setbacks against a nationwide armed resistance movement.
Assad's fate haunts Myanmar junta
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 17/12/2024
» The recent overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad provides insights into the potential undoing of Myanmar's military regime in Nay Pyi Taw. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing must take note and study why even a strong 55-year-old family empire with heavyweight outside backing still crumbled like a house of cards.
Myanmar rebel army ready for dialogue with junta, with China's help
Published on 26/11/2024
» An ethnic minority army that is part of a formidable rebel alliance fighting Myanmar's ruling military has announced its willingness to hold talks with the junta after a year-long battle along the Myanmar-China border.
Progress lies beyond pre-coup order
News, Published on 07/10/2024
» From Tuesday until Friday, Laos will host a summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders. The event will also bring Asean partners from around the world to the capital Vientiane. Its agenda will be weighed down by complex and potentially divisive issues. One of them is the situation in Myanmar, which has been on the agenda since April 2021.
Rohingya crisis merits reconciliation
Oped, Published on 28/09/2024
» As Bangladesh's interim chief adviser, Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus has captured global attention with his impassioned call for the urgent repatriation of over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees. The scale of this humanitarian tragedy -- displacement on a near-unimaginable level -- is undeniable. Bangladesh's commitment to maintaining peace and stability within the camps is commendable. But in the rush to repatriate, we must not lose sight of the harsh realities on the ground in Myanmar's Rakhine State, where violence and devastation continue to unfold.
India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar's anti-junta forces: sources
Published on 23/09/2024
» India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, sources said, a significant move by the South Asian power that has maintained ties with the top generals shunned by Western nations.