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Myanmar conflict

January 07, 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi Announces Reboot to Myanmar Peace Process
By Sebastian Strangio
Despite her promise to welcome new voices into the peace process, many fine-grained obstacles to progress remain.

November 04, 2020
Myanmar’s Election Marks a Step Away From Peace
By Ben Dunant
Sunday's vote will likely deliver a government with a strong popular mandate – a rarity in mainland Southeast Asia – but ethnic minorities will be left out in the cold.

October 26, 2020
Why Next Month’s Elections Could Worsen Ethnic Tensions in Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
Myanmar's electoral system concentrates power in the hands of the Burman majority, the root cause of decades of civil conflict.

April 07, 2020
What’s in the New Coronavirus Ceasefire Talk in Myanmar’s Ethnic Conflict?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
While calls for a pause in violence are notable, it remains to be seen whether they will be heeded or can be sustained and translated into positive developments.

February 01, 2018
Myanmar’s Challenging Path to Peace
By Eugene Mark
Building trust between the Tatmadaw and the ethnic armed groups is the starting point of the path to peace.

January 19, 2018
What Does Myanmar’s 'Biggest Ever' Drug Bust Actually Mean?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Though the record seizure deserves mention, focus on such developments also obscures the massive scale of the problem.

September 10, 2016
Myanmar’s Foreign Policy Rebalance
By Jonathan T. Chow and Leif-Eric Easley
The country’s shift in its alignments is about more than just China and the United States.

March 11, 2015
Myanmar Sliding Towards Conflict, UN Envoy Warns
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Special rapporteur observes “a growing atmosphere of fear, distrust and hostility.”
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