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Interview
Ye Myo Hein, author of a recent report on Myanmar’s armed rebellion, said the resistance needs a stronger chain of command and more weapons.
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Interview
Janes’ Anthony Davis says Myanmar’s highly motivated PDFs have taken their resistance against an arrogant and ineffective Myanmar military into a crucial second phase.
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Burma
Many ethnic armed organizations are boycotting the talks with the regime in the capital Naypyitaw.
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Commentary
The answer is simple: Min Aung Hlaing is afraid.
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Analysis
Min Aung Hlaing’s offer of dialogue with ethnic armed organizations is a sign he knows the junta faces an uphill battle against the resistance movement.
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From the Archive
To mark the 77th Armed Forces Day today, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2017 profile of the WWII Japanese officer who was instrumental in creating Myanmar’s modern military.
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Guest Column
The military’s future role in politics needs to be appropriate for a country where governance must be based on the people and their rights.
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Guest Column
The UWSA is consolidating a new Wa state that will bring Chinese influence near Thailand and set a self-rule model for other ethnic rebels.
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Guest Column
The Arakan Army has used the ceasefire with regime forces in Rakhine State in western Myanmar to establish its own separate administration.
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Specials
The Irrawaddy looks at the individuals, groups and forces that shaped the course of events in one of the most tumultuous years in Myanmar’s modern history.
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Guest Column
New Delhi anxious not to be seen endorsing the military’s coup but needs the junta’s help to monitor the India-Myanmar frontier.
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Books
A new book furthers our understanding of the oft-maligned, border-straddling ethnic group’s culture and history, and its troubled relationship with the Chinese state.
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Guest Column
Unlike the Soviet Union, the Chinese are likely to put up a real fight.
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Burma
During this week’s visit to Myanmar, Nippon Foundation chairman Yohei Sasakawa met with some political party leaders.
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Guest Column
The junta’s coup has brought the curtain down on electoral democracy and forced the Myanmar people to take up arms.