Myanmar politics

Aside from further embittering the population toward the military junta, the disbanding of the former ruling party is unlikely to have much impact on Myanmar's downward trajectory.

Given how central ethnic armed groups and political movements are to Myanmar's conflicts, how we define them carries a great deal of political weight.

For their own interests, if nothing else, India, Thailand, and China need to throw their support behind the country's resistance movement.

The six-month extension is likely to delay the "elections" that the coup government was planning to hold by August.

The military junta's possible handover of power to a quasi-civilian "transition council" could create complications for the country's resistance forces.

Sean Turnell, 58, was arrested shortly after the February 2021 coup and spent more than 600 days in prison.

Sean Turnell was sentenced alongside Aung San Suu Kyi, whom he served as an economic adviser prior to her overthrow last year.

The number of children killed in the air attack in Sagaing region appeared to be the highest since last February's coup.

The opposition movement enjoys popular legitimacy and has a viable plan for Myanmar's future. The world is running out of excuses for not recognizing it.

Vicky Bowman has been accused of violating a minor immigration regulation, but the true motivations of her arrest are clearly political.

The recent resumption of executions has pushed the resistance movement in Myanmar into a zero-sum game with the military from which there can be no going back. 

The Thai government appears increasingly complicit in the Myanmar junta’s deadly reign of terror.