Advertisement In the wake of recent high profile media coverage, the world’s attention has been drawn to the continuing vicious actions of Myanmar’s military junta against its citizens. However, there is an equally alarming and underreported aspect to their brutality: the strategic manipulation of immunization vaccines and denial of basic healthcare as a weapon of … Read more
Advertisement Following years of hiatus due to political instability and the COVID-19 pandemic, India is prioritizing ways to resume the implementation of the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway project. This is a significant regional connectivity project aimed at establishing a road link between the three nations. The 1,400-kilometer highway begins in Moreh in India’s Manipur state, passes … Read more
Podcasts | Politics | Southeast Asia A conversation with David Gum Awng of the National Unity Government. Credit: Luke HuntAdvertisement As deputy minister of international cooperation for Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), David Gum Awng is at the forefront of negotiations and holding together a coalition of ethnic militias that are opposed to the military takeover of his country. … Read more
Advertisement On May 5, 2021, Myanmar’s parallel government, the National Unity Government (NUG), established its armed wing, the People’s Defense Force (PDF), with the aim of overthrowing the military regime that seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021. Led by members of the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) government, the NUG has … Read more
Advertisement Myanmar’s military government has ordered Timor-Leste’s senior diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for a meeting that his government held with the opposition National Unity Government (NUG). On Sunday, the junta’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it had informed the charge d’affaires of the country’s embassy in Yangon on Friday to leave … Read more
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi of Indonesia speaks at the press conference following the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 4, 2023. Credit: Facebook/ASEAN Secretariat Advertisement Indonesia is increasing its efforts to implement its plan to end the conflict in Myanmar, ahead of chairing a string of important meetings on the issue this week, … Read more
FILE – Anti-coup protesters gesture with a three-fingers salute, a symbol of resistance during a demonstration during by police crackdown in Thaketa township Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021. Credit: AP Photo, File Advertisement For the past few weeks, I have had the privilege of visiting the United States. touring across the country and meeting … Read more
Advertisement Two years after the military coup, the conflict in Myanmar continues to intensify and the international community appears powerless to affect meaningful change. Global institutions, regional organizations, and neighboring countries continue to look for a “political solution” to Myanmar’s crisis, with calls for “peaceful” dialogue ad nauseam. And therein lies the problem: this elusive … Read more
Advertisement Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a three-part series about Myanmar’s escalating political crisis. The first part offered an overview of the conflict, and the state of the humanitarian emergency and economic crisis affecting post-coup Myanmar, while the second part analyzed the overall conflict and the status of the two sides. This … Read more