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A Look Back at Myanmar’s Checkered Election History
Some form of election will almost certainly be held in Myanmar in December or early next year, so it is important to be reminded of how…
Author credit: Bertil Lintner
Analysis
Will Myanmar’s Military Replace Its Embattled Leader?
To pro-democracy forces he is a brutal dictator who imprisons people who oppose his February 2021 coup, a power-hungry maniac who has not hesitated to send…
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Trump’s Retreat Laves Myanmar Wholly to China
USAID suspension announces America’s withdrawal from Myanmar, giving China free hand to manipulate nation’s conflict to its advantage US President Donald Trump’s move to freeze American…
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Tatmadaw Fighting A Losing War in Myanmar
Myanmar military’s resort to bombing civilian populations as a counterinsurgency strategy is certain to backfire Myanmar’s army has unleashed yet another wave of aerial bombings in…
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Military Coup Puts Myanmar Back to Square One
Military deposes Aung San SuuKyi's NLD-led government and imposes one-year of emergency rule until new polls are held Myanmar’s experiment with electoral democracy has come to…
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Rohingya refugees on an island of no return
Bangladesh is moving Rohingya refugees to an isolated island amid fears militant Islamic groups are penetrating border camps They were told that they would be the…
Analysis
Myanmar’s Covid crisis rooted in military misrule
Decades of overspending on the military neglected a health care system that is among the world’s most ill-prepared for Covid-19 As Covid-19 infections and pandemic deaths…
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Bangladesh wins and loses in China-India rivalry
Beijing and New Delhi are hotly competing for influence in Bangladesh but Dhaka has good cause to be suspicious of both Bangladesh is in the middle…
Analysis
Rohingya refugees becoming Palestinians of Asia
Three years after Myanmar drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya into Bangladesh they are no closer to repatriation Three years after images of hundreds of thousands…
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Where the Uighurs are free to be
Sweden has emerged as a safe haven for ethnic Uighurs fleeing political, racial and religious repression in China The Stockholm suburb of Rissne would seem an…