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ASEAN’s Hypocrisy is Fuelling the Crisis in Myanmar

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Opinion

By Igor Blazevic

Inviting junta representatives to attend ASEAN meetings only legitimizes the military regime.

54 Years on, ASEAN Looking Increasingly Ineffectual

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Guest Column

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

The bloc’s ‘too little, too late’ response to Myanmar’s crisis is emblematic of a wider inability to deal effectively with challenges from COVID to the China-US rivalry.

Myanmar’s Military Chief Staged a Coup. But He Did Not Act Alone

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Commentary

By Naing Khit

Than Shwe envisioned permanent political supremacy for the military. Thein Sein’s attempt to realize it was rejected by the people. Min Aung Hlaing’s coup is Plan B.

For Myanmar’s Top Generals, Overturning Election Results Is a Rite of Passage

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Commentary

By Naing Khit

Despite the wishful thinking of the past decade, the Tatmadaw leadership have never accepted basic democratic norms like elections, and they never will.

Banning the NLD Won’t End Resistance to Military Rule

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

The party embodies the people’s desire for a better future; Gen Z activists’ ingenuity and determination offer hope that the struggle to achieve this is in good hands.

Silence on Coup Makes Strategic Sense for Myanmar’s Wa

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

The coup makes Wa integration with the rest of Myanmar even less likely; for now, both the UWSA and the junta will make the most of mutually beneficial ties with China.

Myanmar’s Orwellian New Order

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

Do the Tatmadaw’s generals and their cohorts believe the absurd fictions they use to justify their takeover and repressive rule? The answer is probably yes.

Some Sobering Truths About ASEAN and Myanmar

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

Economic interests and the bloc’s adherence to noninterference continue to overwhelm any qualms that may exist regarding the junta’s violence and rights violations.

The ‘Problem’ With Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

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Commentary

By Naing Khit

Detained yet again by the generals who despise her, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s only ‘mistake’ has been to honor her commitment to the people who chose her as their leader.

Myanmar’s Emerging Landscape Looks Beyond Suu Kyi

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Guest Column

By Mon Mon Myat

Academic Mon Mon Myat argues that Myanmar should look beyond a military dictator and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Book’s Snapshots of Two Young Lives Illuminate Myanmar’s Political, Social Ills

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Books

By Bertil Lintner

A US author’s account of the challenges facing a Kachin activist/businessman and a Bamar photojournalist takes on added resonance in the wake of the Feb. 1 military coup.

International Community Must Do More on Myanmar

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Guest Column

By The European Foundation for South Asian Studies

The UN and world powers risk being disregarded as powerless and inconsequential if the junta is not made to pay a heavier price for its actions.

Key Myanmar Pro-Democracy Parties Refuse to Meet With Regime's Election Body

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The People’s Party, chaired by 1988 student protest leader U Ko Ko Gyi, and the Arakan Front Party will attend the meeting; many pro-democracy parties are boycotting.

Examining the Implications of Thailand’s New Draft Law on NGOs

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Guest Column

By Kavi Chongkittavorn

Thai authorities should intensify dialogue with all stakeholders to increase awareness of a draft law requiring NGOs to clarify their funding sources.

Ethnic Armed Groups Unite With Anti-Coup Protesters Against Myanmar Junta

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Armed groups in Kachin and Karen States are battling regime forces and offering shelter and support to anti-coup protesters.