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Myanmar Round Up: December 2019
Aakriti Vinayak

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s spirited though controversial visit to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), The Hague, to defend her nation, its armed forces and its conduct leading to the Rohingya Crisis, was the predominant event in December. Interna

January 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar, Peace, Rohingya issue, Neighbourhood studies, ICJ verdict, Arakan army
Xi Hajoor ! Old Wine in the ‘New Era’ for Myanmar
Jaideep Chanda

Background Myanmar effectively boarded the BRI when Aung San Suu Kyi attended the First Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in May 2017. President Xi Jinping even acknowledged Myanmar in the context of the BRI in his speec

January 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, New Era, Xi Jinping visits Myanmar, Xi Hajoor!, Documents Signed, Hearts and Minds Investments
Myanmar Round Up: November 2019
Aakriti Vinayak

November saw Myanmar come under coordinated international legal offensive with three cases filed against it in a span of four days, centered around the Rohingya crisis. Internally, the peace process remains stalled and the skirmishes between the Arak

December 10, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Rohingya issue, Myanmar rebel armies, Myanmar clashes, Myanmar peace
Myanmar Round Up: October 2019
Jaideep Chanda

The irony of the democratic process in the ‘imperfect’ democracy that is Myanmar, is the military attempting to use the democratic mechanisms to elbow out the modicum of civilian control that exists! Slowly, but surely, the upcoming elections

November 21, 2019 Myanmar, Indian Ocean Region, Article, democracy in Myanmar, ethnic armed groups in Myanmar, Rohingiya problem
Myanmar Round Up: September 2019
Jaideep Chanda

“…it is clear that China will never be an honest broker capable of mediating a peace process that can bring lasting peace to Myanmar. Rather, China conducts a peace process guided by its own interests—one that goes nowhere.” - Joe Kumbun1

October 18, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar constitution issues, Rohingya problem
Myanmar Round Up: August 2019
Jaideep Chanda

8888 Uprising Celebrations The month of August holds reverence in the Myanmar political calendar due to the 8888 Pro-Democracy Uprising, named so since the uprising for democracy peaked on 8 Aug 1988 at Yangon University. This eventually paved te

September 10, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar politics, China-Myanmar engagements, Myanmar’s internal wars
From Sanctions to Submarines - Myanmar, July 2019
Jaideep Chanda

July 2019 saw Myanmar remain in the news for a number of reasons, some negative and others not so negative. At the end of it all, though it may be a bit early to judge, it seems to be business as usual for the nation. News of the ban on the Myanm

August 12, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, West isolating Mynamar, Rohingyia problem, India-Myanmar defence cooperation
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