Myanmar

New resistance alliance built to win Myanmar’s civil war

SCEF alliance unites perennially divided anti-junta groups and forces around a single vision of federal democracy

Strengthening Transparency, Eligibility, and Jurisdictional Scope in Investment Reviews

Oil Price Whiplash Highlights America’s Enduring Preparedness Gap

Amid the uncertainty caused by the ongoing war with Iran’s clerical regime, the price of oil  jumped to $120 on March 9 before crashing back to $95 in a matter of hours. The price swings reflect...

5 Ways To Crack Down on Myanmar’s Military Junta

The war with Iran is reshaping more than the Middle East; it is disrupting the commodity flows, diplomatic relationships, and financial networks that authoritarian regimes use to sustain one another. Myanmar...

The Four Paths for a Post-Khamenei Iran

The U.S. is hoping for regime change in Iran, but what could happen if the Islamic Republic survives?

Countering Iran’s Covert Chemical Weapons Program

Iran Fuels Repression in Myanmar

Fuel shipments linked to Iran are helping Myanmar’s military regime to intensify air strikes on civilians trapped in the civil war that has raged since it seized power in a coup five years ago. According...

Don’t sell out Burma’s persecuted Christians and activists

Ending temporary protected status hands the murderous junta a victory and endangers thousands.

With Sham Election, Myanmar Junta Seeks To Give Foreign Governments Pretext for Engagement

Myanmar will hold national elections starting on December 28. Myanmar’s ruling junta is selling this vote as a step toward stability, but nothing in the country’s political or economic landscape supports...

China’s Myanmar Project Could End U.S. Sanctions

The digital currency would operate outside Swift but still have access to American banks.

Islamic State redoubles call for jihad in Sudan, urges foreign fighters to migrate

As news of more mass atrocities committed by the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) circulates, the Islamic State has again called for jihad in Sudan. In this week’s Al...

Australia Watches as Chinese Proxies Try to Jail Opposition

On October 20 the verdict is due in a legally spurious case of unlawful assembly against Daniel Suidani and another pro-democracy leader Celsus Talifilu in the Solomon Islands.

America must stop aiding our enemies by enabling the shadowy world of dirty cash

Global corruption has exploded in scale and scope, threatening international stability and American national security. As the Trump administration goes to war against Venezuelan drug traffickers,...

The Chance to Save Myanmar

U.S. Economic Tools Can Counter Both the Junta and China

All Minerals are Local: China’s Man in Lima

China’s quest to control critical mineral and battery metal supply chains is a global project. But the CCP’s playbook recognizes that all politics is local. To that end, Beijing is cultivating...

Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict

The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace

‘I Was Hounded, Day In, Day Out’: Former UN Advisor on Genocide Was Pressured to Declare Genocide in Gaza

Nderitu Threatened for Not Declaring Gaza a Genocide: The UN’s former special advisor on the prevention of genocide, Alice Nderitu, described in an interview on February 1 the...

Trump should get tough again on chemical weapons states

The media has largely ignored a disturbing trend: Russia is openly using chemical weapons against Ukraine. Ukraine’s army support services say Russia has carried out 4,800 chemical...

What’s being missed? Amnesty International, ICC, UN, and Israel

Guterres embraces the authoritarians

By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.