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Rakhine State violence
![ARSA After the Myanmar Coup: Between a Rock and a Hard Place ARSA After the Myanmar Coup: Between a Rock and a Hard Place](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-24775405808_014d2ee123_k.jpg)
ARSA After the Myanmar Coup: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By Patrick Dupont
Isolated from its main popular base of support, the ragtag militant outfit has withered on the vine.
![A Hitch in the Belt and Road in Myanmar A Hitch in the Belt and Road in Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-12-03.jpeg)
A Hitch in the Belt and Road in Myanmar
By Gene Ryack
A long-running war and COVID-19 muddle development in Kyaukphyu, Myanmar.
![Myanmar’s Meaningless Unilateral Ceasefires Myanmar’s Meaningless Unilateral Ceasefires](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-29-10.jpg)
Myanmar’s Meaningless Unilateral Ceasefires
By Joe Kumbun
The many unilateral ceasefires seem meaningless -- they have not stopped or even lessened the fighting so far.
![Why Foreign Policy Matters to Myanmar’s Democratic Transition Why Foreign Policy Matters to Myanmar’s Democratic Transition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap-17200294585722.jpg)
Why Foreign Policy Matters to Myanmar’s Democratic Transition
By Hnin Wint Nyunt Hman
In the best-case scenario, Myanmar would be rich like the East and democratic like the West.
![China’s Dynamic Grip on Myanmar China’s Dynamic Grip on Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19114452922763.jpg)
China’s Dynamic Grip on Myanmar
By Monish Tourangbam and Pawan Amin
Beijing’s influence in Myanmar permeates multiple levels of engagement between the two neighbors.
![Myanmar’s Search for Elusive Peace Myanmar’s Search for Elusive Peace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18115083282216.jpg)
Myanmar’s Search for Elusive Peace
By Amara Thiha
Government efforts to secure peace in the country continue to be hampered by internal and external factors.
![The Obstacle to Rohingya Return Is Clear: It’s Still Myanmar. The Obstacle to Rohingya Return Is Clear: It’s Still Myanmar.](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-24775405808_014d2ee123_k.jpg)
The Obstacle to Rohingya Return Is Clear: It’s Still Myanmar.
By Mark Yarnell and Daniel Sullivan
Rohingya refugees continue to arrive in Bangladesh with stories of continued oppression by Myanmar's security forces.
![India Continues to Play Safe With Myanmar Over the Rohingya Issue India Continues to Play Safe With Myanmar Over the Rohingya Issue](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-46297615331_d5c3650375_k.jpg)
India Continues to Play Safe With Myanmar Over the Rohingya Issue
By Angshuman Choudhury
By sidelining Myanmar military abuses, India is failing to uphold a values-centered foreign policy.
![Why These Rohingya Women Refuse to Return to Myanmar Why These Rohingya Women Refuse to Return to Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rohingya_displaced_muslims_013.jpg)
Why These Rohingya Women Refuse to Return to Myanmar
By Khalunisa
“We will never go to the concentration camps they are building for us. Would you?”
![A Satellite View of the Rohingya's Plight A Satellite View of the Rohingya's Plight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1_kankya_2017sep16.jpg)
A Satellite View of the Rohingya's Plight
By Matthew Wells
Images of one Rohingya village in Myanmar and one Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh before and after the crackdown.
![Facing the Future: Voices From the Rohingya Refugee Camps Facing the Future: Voices From the Rohingya Refugee Camps](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4.-rashida.jpg)
Facing the Future: Voices From the Rohingya Refugee Camps
By Margarite Clarey
Rohingya refugees are weighing an impossible choice: wait in limbo or risk violence in the hope of a better future.
![Mrauk U: In the Shadow of the Rohingya Crisis Mrauk U: In the Shadow of the Rohingya Crisis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-photo1.jpg)
Mrauk U: In the Shadow of the Rohingya Crisis
By Libby Hogan
Myanmar’s archaeological wonder is marred by the violence in Rakhine state.
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