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Myanmar’s ‘peace talks’ a dangerous diversion

by David Scott Mathieson July 7, 2022July 14, 2022

Myanmar is in conflict freefall, as the State Administration Council (SAC) junta regime fights a myriad of proliferating resistance groups on fronts across the country, many galvanized to arms by the military’s democracy-toppling February 2021 coup. Fighting in western regions such as Sagaing, Magwe and Chin State has surged in recent months, as scores of […]

Wa an early winner of Myanmar’s post-coup war

by Anthony Davis February 22, 2022February 27, 2022

New age rebels rock and roil Myanmar’s junta

by Bertil Lintner June 28, 2021July 1, 2021

A wider war coming to Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner May 1, 2021May 16, 2021

A Karen insurgent soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard at Oo Kray Kee village in Karen State near the Thai-Myanmar border in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

The rebels who will and won’t fight Myanmar’s coup

by David Scott Mathieson March 31, 2021April 5, 2021

AT Finance, Myanmar

China’s mobile missiles on the loose in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis November 28, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Why Myanmar’s Wa always get what they want

by Bertil Lintner September 18, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s Wa hold the key to war and peace

by Bertil Lintner September 6, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s Wa seek peace through strength

by Bertil Lintner April 17, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

It’s party time for Myanmar’s largest armed ethnic faction

by Anthony Davis April 9, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Why Myanmar’s military will win the Rakhine war

by Anthony Davis February 5, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool

AT Finance, Myanmar

China seeks big-ticket payback from Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 16, 2019February 18, 2020

Police watch as Uighur Muslims leave the Id Kah Mosque after morning prayers in the old town of Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP/Johannes Eisele

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

China tightens its grip in Uighur-dominated region

by Bertil Lintner October 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Soldiers thought to be from the United Wa State Army take down a cross from a building in the Wa region in northern Shan State. The soldier below uses a sledgehammer to demolish the top of the building, believed to be an unauthorized church. Photo: Screen grab from video.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Video ‘shows soldiers knocking down church in Wa state’

by Bertil Lintner September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A Myanmar Christian woman takes part in morning prayers in Yangon on November 28, 2017. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why China fears Myanmar’s Christians

by Bertil Lintner September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after paying her respects to her late father during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018.Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Suu Kyi loses control of once hopeful peace process

by Bertil Lintner July 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

A vision for war without end in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis May 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Armored vehicles are seen at a parade marking the 72nd Armed Forces Day in the Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP via Andalou Agency/Lamin Tun

AT Finance, China, Mexico, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Myanmar peace process being destroyed on multiple fronts

by Bertil Lintner May 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar and China share a long and often troubled border. Photo: iStock/Getty images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

China is conflicted in Myanmar’s wars

by Bertil Lintner May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand

Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to China

by Bertil Lintner January 24, 2018February 18, 2020