Opinion
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As president, Min Aung Hlaing will only prolong Myanmar’s misery
Most people in Myanmar don’t really care what Min Aung Hlaing calls himself; to them, he will always be a tinpot dictator, a little man with a maniacal craving for power.
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How popular resistance and civil society in Myanmar defied China’s Belt and Road programme
Academic researcher Debby Chan explains in a new book how Myanmar’s impacted communities, activists, and other ‘societal stakeholders’ stopped or changed the developmental course of China’s infrastructure megaprojects in their country
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Inverting ASEAN’s diplomatic inertia on Myanmar
New and better ideas are needed to get the regional grouping to amend its failed approach to the country’s ongoing crisis
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A time to talk and coexist: An open letter to Arakan Army chief Twan Mrat Naing
Some nations are decidedly multiethnic or multireligious—or, ideally, they could be, writes political scientist Nyi Nyi Kyaw on the future of Arakan
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Real victory in Rakhine State means defeating the Myanmar junta’s divide-and-rule tactics
As its offensive continues, the Arakan Army will have to avoid falling into a trap set by a regime intent upon exploiting tensions between the state’s Rakhine and Rohingya communities
