Myanmar’s opposition must retool its foreign policy for a harsher, less sympathetic world order.
The junta’s dual strategy of escalating violence and narrative warfare aims to legitimize and consolidate its unlawful hold on power.
Unusual absences, reshuffles and open dissent raise fresh questions about the Chinese leader’s grip on power.
With credibility damaged and morale low in the wake of Paetongtarn’s leaked call with Hun Sen, Thailand’s foreign policy apparatus faces its most serious test in years.
China’s growing involvement in Myanmar’s civil war is propping up the regime for now, but Beijing underestimates the opposition’s resolve, fueling further instability.
CCP’s use of bureaucratic controls and technological surveillance to suppress centuries old practices constitutes a form of “cultural genocide”, writes Ankit K.
Nationalist posturing escalates border tensions, threatening trade ties, cross-border labor and fragile political balances.
Despite growing discontent within the ranks, Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing may survive—by stepping sideways rather than down.
Ethnic armed groups must choose between remaining resource gatekeepers for China or using their mineral wealth to pursue lasting peace and political legitimacy.
The key regional powers appear set to embrace military rule in civilian guise, fundamentally changing the strategic landscape for the resistance and pro-democracy forces.
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