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Guest Column
World events have brought to Southeast Asia a new era of confrontation and conflict, this time led by—but not limited to—US-China geostrategic rivalry and competition.
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Burma
US officials are expected to show support for democratic forces in Myanmar and tout a scaled-back trade deal for the region at the two-day ASEAN-US summit in Washington.
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Guest Column
Russia’s open aggression against Ukraine presents China with a hot potato, but regime change in Moscow is not an outcome Beijing wants to see.
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Guest Column
The much-awaited foreign ministerial retreat last Thursday showed once again that ASEAN remains a closely knit, pragmatic family.
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Burma
Once feared across the country, the regime’s military intelligence office is now believed to be much less capable than before.
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Burma
General Khin Nyunt appears weak in photo taken with coup leader; the former PM was purged in 2004 but has been rehabilitated somewhat since the coup.
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Burma
The civilian National Unity Government says the military regime is targeting women and children in its brutal crackdown on civilians.
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Burma
Courts are preparing to hand down penalties in the corruption, incitement and other cases the junta has brought against scores of elected leaders since the coup.
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Analysis
The ex-US diplomat’s friendship with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi soured in 2018, but he is one of the few figures with ties on both the military and democratic sides in Myanmar.
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Editorial
By banishing the State Counselor to a secret location and rejecting ASEAN’s envoy, Min Aung Hlaing is making his despised predecessors look like masters of statecraft.
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Guest Column
Banning arms sales to the military regime will require concerted international action and not just empty rhetoric.
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Burma
They were among six members of the Dawei Defense Team who clashed with junta forces and civilian guards at a school in Yaungmaw Village.