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Fighting for long-lasting peace
Oped, Published on 17/01/2024
» It has been almost 700 days since Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The brutal war, waged unprovoked against an independent country, has brought devastation, ruin and pain to the Ukrainian people.
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Prigozhin and the aftermath of Russian folly
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/06/2023
» 'I said to Putin: 'We could waste [Prigozhin], no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.' I told him: 'Don't do this'," said Aleksander Lukashenko, long-ruling dictator of Belarus, clearly delighted at having upstaged his arrogant Russian counterpart. The worm had turned, and it was the Russian dictator who needed help.
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Civilian resistance needs West's help, not silence
News, Published on 28/06/2023
» Winning the hearts and minds of fellow citizens is a key pillar of any armed resistance.
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Is Ukraine winning the war too much?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/12/2022
» When the two most senior military and intelligence officials in Washington make the same obvious error in public three times in three weeks, you have to wonder what they are really up to. Can it just be simple ignorance, or do they have a hidden agenda?
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Crossing the line?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2022
» Re: "A slap in the face of civility", (Opinion, March 30).
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Weapons not needed now
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/04/2021
» Army chief Narongpan Jitkaewtae this week raised eyebrows when he ruled out the possibility that the armed forces would delay or give up part of their arms purchase plan, shrugging off repeated calls by the public for more money from state coffers to be used to battle the impacts from the Covid pandemic.
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Power grab brings nation to standstill
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/02/2021
» Myanmar's military has seized control of the country after detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other politicians in a pre-dawn raid yesterday morning. There have been massive detentions in this military round up: all key politicians, the regional chief ministers, the top leadership of the governing National League for Democracy (NLD), most national and local members of parliament, and hundreds of pro-democracy and human rights activists. Little is known about their whereabouts at present, though it appears that the Lady -- as she is known -- is under house arrest. But there are widespread fears about her continued safety and the other detainees.
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Myanmar's political crisis still causing uncertainty
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 01/02/2021
» Behind the scenes efforts are continuing to break Myanmar's political deadlock that threatens the country's democratic transition. Talks between the military and the government started a few days ago -- as tensions on the ground rose and rumours of a military coup grew -- but failed to make any real progress, according to both government and military sources.
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Military stokes coup fears amid political crisis
Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 29/01/2021
» Concerns about a possible military coup have swept across Myanmar this week amid signs of a deepening constitutional crisis. Tensions between Myanmar's military and its political allies on one hand and the country's pro-democracy politicians on the other are worsening, as a dispute over the election outcome intensifies, ahead of a landmark court case later today to decide the legitimacy of these electoral fraud claims. In the meantime, comments by the military earlier this week have fueled fears of a possible coup.
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Azerbaijan wins the war, but few notice
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/10/2020
» The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else's list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last Monday morning, hardly anybody in the media elsewhere even noticed.
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