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Myanmar Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing Named Acting President
By Sebastian Strangio
The announcement followed reports that the current acting president, Myint Swe, has been placed on medical leave.
Myanmar’s Tepid Thingyan New Year
By Naw Theresa
Like much else, the country's normally raucous new year festivities have become a political battleground since the 2021 coup.
Myanmar’s National Unity Government Must Be Doing Something Right
By Than N. Oo
While the country's shadow opposition has attracted criticism, it has made significant gains on both the political and diplomatic fronts.
Mapping Territorial Control in Post-Coup Myanmar: Flawed by Design?
By Han Ya
Attempts to map the areas controlled by the military junta and its various opponents frequently obscure more than they reveal.
Myanmar’s Revolution Has Entered a New, More Complicated Phase
By Tommy Walker
As the military junta’s losses mount, the resistance faces growing challenges of cohesion and coordination.
Ahead of Coup Anniversary, Myanmar Resistance Groups Release Political Roadmap
By Sebastian Strangio
The National Unity Government and three allies have released the most detailed plan yet for what would follow the collapse of the military regime.
Myanmar Court Sets March Auction for Imprisoned Leader’s Villa
By Sebastian Strangio
The lakeside villa, where Aung San Suu Kyi spent more than 15 years under house arrest, will go under the hammer on March 20.
Southeast Asia Likes Polarization – and That’s Not a Bad Thing
By David Hutt
The region's problem is not that there is too much political contestation, but rather that there is not enough.
Good Rebels or Good Timing?: Myanmar’s MNDAA and Operation 1027
By Yaolong Xian
The rebel group has shed its reputation as an opium trafficking syndicate and pledged itself to the Spring Revolution. Is its transformation more than skin deep?
Is Myanmar’s Civil War Pushing the Country Toward Fragmentation?
By Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
Resistance forces now face the challenge of building an ethnically inclusive and democratic state, something that no government in Myanmar has ever achieved.
Myanmar Resistance Forces Close In On Key Northeastern Town
By Sebastian Strangio
The MNDAA says that it is close to capturing Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region in Shan State, a hub of online gambling and cyber-fraud operations.
How an ‘Unlikely Prisoner’ Survived 650 Days in Myanmar’s Jails
By Sebastian Strangio
"The difference to the past," says economist Sean Turnell, "is that this junta does not seem to even pretend anymore that it has any sort of vision for Myanmar."
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