Editorial

ASEAN is sliding into irrelevance on Myanmar

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

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Editorial, Opinion

Quake response shows where junta’s priorities lie

Myanmar is reeling from a devastating earthquake but the regime cares more for its own survival.

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Editorial, Opinion

Musk and Trump show why the media matters

Top Trump ally Elon Musk now has global media support in his sights, and the world’s dictators – Min Aung Hlaing included – stand to benefit.

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar’s junta chief is running out of road

Min Aung Hlaing has been thrown a lifeline by China and is now under pressure to show results, but his planned election is growing less feasible by the day.

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Editorial, Opinion

Junta’s difficulty is Myanmar’s opportunity

The military’s recent humiliations have injected new life into the resistance, making it more important than ever to build a united front.

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Editorial, Opinion

The Myanmar junta’s census heralds a totalitarian nightmare

The regime’s planned population count threatens to boost its powers of surveillance and leave dissidents with few places to hide.

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Editorial, Opinion

Righting wrongs in Myanmar requires justice – not retribution

Degrees of culpability must be carefully weighed to stop justice turning into vindictiveness, while those claiming authority need to come clean about their own past deeds.

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar’s coup: Two years on but a long fight ahead

Resistance forces have humiliated coup leader Min Aung Hlaing but victory may require a lengthy struggle, and society must stay resilient in the meantime.

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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