Analysis
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Magway emerges as key front in junta’s strategy to claw back control of western Myanmar
The regime’s troop deployments in Magway Region suggest a broad strategy to isolate resistance-held areas for renewed offensives in Rakhine State
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Myanmar junta counteroffensive pushes Karenni resistance into new phase of war
Anti-regime forces must adapt as they continue to come under pressure amid a deepening humanitarian crisis
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Myanmar junta plays Suu Kyi card, in return to old playbook
Successive regimes have had decades to fine tune their use of the iconic leader to advance their goal of winning legitimacy
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Between resistance and the ballot box: Assessing the second phase of Myanmar’s junta-controlled elections
Unfolding amid ongoing conflict and territorial fragmentation, the second phase will deliver an outcome even less meaningful than the first
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What will this Sunday’s ‘elections’ mean for Myanmar?
The outcome of the vote is a foregone conclusion: a continuation of military rule in a different guise