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UN Refugee Repatriation Debacle in Myanmar

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By David Scott Mathieson

The United Nations, in collaboration with the military regime, appears ready to repatriate Rohingya refugees regardless of whether they want to return or not.

UN and Rohingya Refugee Repatriation: is History About to Repeat Itself?

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By Jeff Crisp

Controversy surrounds pilot project backed by China after leaked email reveals UN provided logistical support to junta officials visiting Bangladesh.

Beijing Looks to Get Economic Projects Up and Running in Myanmar

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By Lin Htet Myat

China has a major economic and geostrategic interest in resuming the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and other regional cooperation projects.   

UN’s Refusal to Talk to Myanmar’s NUG Will Lead to Convoy Attacks

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By Paul Greening

Junta is disguising its vehicles as UN aid trucks in an attempt to confuse resistance forces and blame them for attacks.  

Myanmar’s Ruling Generals Trapped in Warrior King Mentality

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By Bertil Lintner

Min Aung Hlaing’s regime models itself on a medieval system of subjugation and conquest that failed at nation-building and which the people have always rejected.

Myanmar Regime is not Massacring its Way to Victory

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By Matthew B. Arnold

The junta’s only strategy is committing atrocities to try and cower the people, but the tactic is simply fueling further resistance to the regime.

Myanmar’s History of Governments in Exile

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By David I. Steinberg

Few countries can claim to have had two exiled administrations in the space of a single generation.

The Quiet Rohingya Population Explosion in Cox’s Bazaar

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By Tony Waters

The international community’s repatriation policy is a ticking time bomb, as swelling refugee camps fall prey to poverty, radicalization, and typhoons.

UN Agencies Must Help Myanmar's Civilians

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By Igor Blazevic

Igor Blazevic argues that international agencies in Myanmar must stop working with the regime.

ASEAN and Myanmar: the Next Moves

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By Kavi Chongkittavorn

With Indonesia as the new chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the next six months will be critical to the ASEAN-Myanmar relationship.

Myanmar's Military Takeover Falters

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By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

The international community has an obligation to see Myanmar through these dark days and into a transition to a brighter future.

The Stumbling Military Adhocracy in Myanmar

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By David Scott Mathieson

By extending the state of emergency—and demonstrating that it lacks the ability to hold even a sham election—the junta is admitting failure.

Kokang: Caught Between Myanmar and China

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By Bertil Lintner

The mostly ethnic Chinese people of the Kokang region in Shan State are backing resistance to the junta, almost certainly with the approval of Beijing.

Darkness Has Fallen Over Myanmar

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By Lin Htet Myat

As the junta returns to the corrupt, inefficient ways of previous regimes, the National Electrification Plan’s goal of connecting all households by 2030 appears doomed.

For UN’s Migration Agency, Business as Usual With Myanmar Junta

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By Paul Greening

IOM Chief of Mission Aleksoski has worsened the already terrible reputation of the UN with the people of Myanmar by engaging with the regime.