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China will not give up on Myanmar's military
Nikkei Asian Review· 5 days agoFresh elections seen as best way out of stalemated conflict
Thailand: All Quieter On The Southern Front
Strategy Page· 1 hour agoSeptember 26, 2018: The Moslem violence in the south is 14 years old now and slowly fading away after causing at least 7,000 dead. The violence has been less and less each year for nearly a ...
Myanmar: Myanmar Rebels Prevailing
Strategy Page· 7 days agoJanuary 2, 2024: At the end of 2023 there was another unexpected uprising against the Myanmar (Burma) military government. This began in the north, where tribal militias have ...
How Myanmar’s Wood Funds Its Brutal Military
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoSince the 2021 coup, the international community has imposed economic sanctions to restrict the military generals’ ability to enrich themselves from...
F.B.I. Director Makes Rare Visit to Africa as Terrorism Threat Grows
New York Times· 6 hours agoThe Islamic State and Al Qaeda consider Africa ‘very fertile ground,’ said Christopher A. Wray, who...
World Bank cuts Myanmar's growth forecast to 1% as conflict worsens - BusinessWorld Online
BusinessWorld· 3 days ago“The downward revision in projected growth for FY2024/25 is largely due to the persistence of high inflation and constraints on access to labor, foreign exchange, and electricity, all of which ...
Learning from Myanmar's rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoChinese-made commercial drones modified to carry arms - in the unfamiliar hands of the country's...
India-Pakistan: No More Freebies For You
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJanuary 31, 2018: India had less terrorist violence in 2017 (11 percent fewer deaths) compared to 2016. The decline in 2017 would have been greater had not Pakistan (or, more precisely, the ...
On This Day, June 9: Laverne Cox is first transgender person on cover of Time
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHe overthrew the government in a coup d'etat in March 1982, and was himself overthrown in August...
Myanmar: Chinese Opportunities
Strategy Page· 4 days agoSeptember 17, 2018: In Bangladesh, police commanders are complaining that NGOs and the UN are discouraging Rohingya refugees from returning to Burma. This has led Bangladesh to impose restrictions ...
