The case of the Reuters reporters in Myanmar is essentially a clash of principles, with the outcome largely depending on the intent of the accused, if it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt so as not to inadvertently harm the country’s soft power interests in the process.
The Kachin rebels are concentrated mostly near the Chinese border, where some refugees have previously fled, and this brings about the possibility that the People’s Republic might be adversely affected if the situation doesn’t soon stabilize.
The point of this analysis was to approach this emotive issue from a cold analytical distance in order to better understand the overall dynamics at play.
The Rohingya Crisis has taken the world by storm, but should not come as a surprise for those who’ve been astutely following the Myanmar Civil War.
(Please read Part I before this article) Clash Of Interests A triad of Great Power interests intersects in the confined area of the India-Myanmar border, and each actor has differing objectives, motivations, and apprehensions. When one includes Myanmar itself into the foray, a ‘quarrelling quartet’ of contradictory trajectories emerges: Myanmar: […]
India just carried out one of its largest-ever covert operations in peacetime, striking a Myanmar-based terrorist group and killing over 100 of its members. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), known more popularly by its initials NSCN-K, was targeted because of the terrorist attack it pulled off last week […]
(Please read Part I prior to this article) Carving Out The Asian “Kosovo” There was no way that the US could resist politicizing such a tempting geopolitical crisis, and as expected, it found a way to diplomatically intervene. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell spoke out against the Myanmar government and […]
The Rohingya had already been on the Western media radar since their 2012 persecution, but it’s the current migrant boat crisis that’s made their cause seemingly more urgent.
An ISIS fighter: ‘I was forbidden at the Gates of Heaven…’ (165,060)
Grandmaster Putin’s Trap (47,156)
The Peace Treaty of Westphalia (1648) and its Consequences for International Relations (46,319)
A New Twist in the Investigation into Flight MH17 (39,551)
Pakistan’s Asymmetrical Response To Trump Is A Clever Way To Flip The Tables On Afghanistan (28,654)
Andrew KORYBKO 
Binoy KAMPMARK 
Vladislav SOTIROVIC 
Thierry MEYSSAN 
Eric MARGOLIS 
Nikolay STARIKOV 
Vladimir KOZIN 
Fr. Stephen FREEMAN 
Fr. Lawrence FARLEY 
Gulam ASGAR MITHA 
Leonid SAVIN 
Michael AVERKO 
Nafeez AHMED 
Matthew EHRET 
Rick STERLING 
Iqbal ALIMOHAMED 
Peter CHAMBERLIN 
Fr. Andrey TKACHEV 
Nauman SADIQ 
Grey CARTER 
Comments