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ASEAN Snubs the General in Myanmar in keeping him out of the Summit

ASEAN’s reputation as a successful regional entity is at stake because of the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February. No amount of counsel by other ASEAN members or the international community to persuade the junta to restore democracy has worked a....

October 26, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , sanctions , Summit , Act East Policy , Min Aung Hlaing , NUG , centrality , ASEAN Charter , Wunna Maung Lwin

Myanmar Round Up: July 2021

During the month, Myanmar faced a double crisis - political turmoil and COVID-19. The country’s health care system has collapsed, and the number of cases reported is vastly underestimated because of limited testing. At an informal Security Council ....

August 17, 2021 Protests , sanctions , COVID-19 , refugees , United Nations , Civil war , Indiain Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , NUG

Japan’s Economic and Geo-Strategic Interests in Myanmar

Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

Japan and Myanmar established diplomatic relations in 1954. The Japan-Burma Peace Treaty and Agreement on Reparations and Economic Cooperation, 1954 laid the foundations for economic cooperation. The two countries refer to the historical friendly rel....

August 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Myanmar , Article , democracy , Myanmar , sanctions , Japanin , MilitaryCoup , Economicinterest , Geostrategicinterests , mixedresponses , grantsandaid , nationalreconciliation

Myanmar Round Up: June 2021

According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a non-profit venture that tracks conflict, some 58 defence forces have been formed across the country. The announcement of the ceasefire by the military was mere eyewash as the ....

July 12, 2021 Protests , sanctions , COVID-19 , refugees , United Nations , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , ASEAN role , civilwar , NUG

Myanmar Round-Up: May 2021

Since the military coup in February, Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared for the first time at a court on 24 May. Her lawyer stated that she was determined to defend the integrity of her political party. Myanmar military has branded the Nati....

June 09, 2021 Protests , sanctions , refugees , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , ASEAN role , civilwar , NUG

Sanctions: An Ineffective Tool in Myanmar

Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

Imposing sanctions is not new to Myanmar and its economy and people. Since independence, the country has been under the impact of ethnic conflicts and a continuous fight for civilian versus the military rule. It took its worst shape in 1988, and sinc....

May 22, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , sanctions , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Ineffectiveness , Political Tool , Economic Implications , Russiain Myanmar , ASEAN role , Japan in Mynamar , China role , Coup in Myanmar

Myanmar Round Up: April 2021

It has been three months since the military takeover, and the protest movements and civil unrest continues. More than a hundred protestors were killed in the violence inflicted by Myanmar’s military, and the military further expanded the internet s....

May 17, 2021 Protests , sanctions , refugees , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , ASEAN role , civilwar , NUG , Russia in Myanmar , Arria formula , CRPH

Japan’s Dilemma in Dealing with the Junta in Myanmar

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The military takeover of the democratically elected government and the dubious civilian-military power sharing agreement has been criticised by the global community. At a time when Myanmar was navigating through its nascent d....

March 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , sanctions , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , Foreign Assistance Act , Chinese Coast Guard vessels , Yasuhide Nakayama , National Defense Academy , ODA.

What does Eighth Party Congress of North Korea Reveal?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

North Korea held the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party (WPK) after a gap of four and half years. It started on 5 January and lasted for unusually prolonged eight days until 12 January. The previous Congresses were held ....

January 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , sanctions , Kim Jong-un , Ballistic Missiles , Coronavirus , summits , Eighth Party Congress , SLBM , Kim Il-sung , Kim-Jong-Il , Jeo Biden

Iran Revisited: Analysing India-Iran Relations

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Only recently President Rouhani took a dig at their so called strategic partners and friends who failed to stand up to the bullying by the USA even during the pandemic that had affected Iran probably worst in the ....

September 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Rajnath Singh , INSTC , JCPOA , sanctions , USA , CPEC , Chabahar , Ali Khamenei , EAM , railway project