Opinion
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USAID cuts will cost lives in Myanmar
“Trump and Musk are treating USAID like a hospital full of patients, in which they are pulling out all the doctors and nurses, shutting off the electricity and water, and locking the doors on the way out. Then in a couple months, they will wander back in to see if anyone survived”
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Shwe Kokko: How governance failures and political quagmire created Myanmar’s most notorious crime hub
The current notoriety of the Shwe Kokko New City Project can only be understood within the context of Myanmar’s past and present eras of military misrule
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The limits of the Myanmar military’s air power
The regime’s efforts to halt its many enemies’ advances with airstrikes are proving increasingly futile
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Time to Act: Enforcing the Burma Act is a matter of life and death
“There has been resilience. There has been resistance. And there has been the unwavering commitment of those who refuse to let these atrocities be forgotten.”
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Home or away? The whereabouts of Myanmar’s opposition leadership
The government-in-exile’s recent call for its top members to return to Myanmar raises important questions about the practicalities of conducting politics from afar