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Myanmar conflict

Myanmar’s Democratic Future Must Start Now, With Ethnic Women Leading the Way
By Arlene Brosas and Evelyn
A federal system that is genuinely inclusive, sustainable, and democratic must include a prominent role for women from the country’s ethnic minority communities.

The Problems With Bilahari Kausikan’s ‘ASEAN Realism’
By David Hutt
The outspoken former Singaporean diplomat's latest dispatch flies very wide off the mark.

Thai FM Says He Met With Aung San Suu Kyi on Secret Myanmar Mission
By Sebastian Strangio
Don Pramudwinai reportedly described the secret meeting as a breakthrough. It is more accurate to view it as a setback.

Indonesia Warns Nuclear Weapons Put Southeast Asia a ‘Miscalculation Away’ From Disaster
By Edna Tarigan and Niniek Karmini
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi urged nuclear weapons states to join ASEAN's regional nuclear-free zone.

Why Has Australia Suddenly Gone Quiet on Myanmar?
By Julian Neuweiler
In recent months, the Albanese government has been selective about where, when, and how it raises the country's troubles.

Indonesia Claims Continued Myanmar Progress Ahead of Key ASEAN Meeting
By Sebastian Strangio
Jakarta’s attempts to implement the Five-Point Consensus are laudable, but unlikely to bring the two sides to the negotiating table.

What Americans Don’t Understand About the Conflict in Myanmar
By Zaw Wai Soe
This struggle is not a civil war. It is a revolutionary struggle to extricate the military from the country's politics on a permanent basis.

Military Coup Has Inflicted ‘Permanent’ Damage on Myanmar, World Bank Says
By Sebastian Strangio
In its latest Myanmar Economic Monitor, the Bank predicted that the country will not return to pre-COVID-19 economic levels until at least 2027.

Military-Aligned Border Guard Forces Defect in Southeastern Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
Local media reported that two Border Guard Forces, formed by the military in 2009, had joined resistance attacks on junta outposts in Kayah State.

Heyzer’s Exit Marks a Low Point for the UN’s Envoys to Myanmar
By Mark S. Cogan
Why the recently departed special envoy should be the last.

How to Stop the Myanmar Junta’s War on Its People
By Allen Ho, Angela Huang, and Caroline Mendoza
There is an urgent need for a comprehensive and coordinated global arms embargo.

Myanmar and Russia Sign Energy Deals, Establish Direct Flights
By Sebastian Strangio
The agreements point to the advancing strategic convergence between the two pariah states.