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Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 February 2024

Myanmar’s junta for the first time accepted the invitation to have a ‘non-political’ representative at high-level ASEAN meetings, standing since its exclusion from such events…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 November 2023

Separately, regional leaders were somewhat reassured by the modest rapprochement between China and the United States -- influential powers in South-east Asia -- on the margins of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 February 2023

This enables the State Administration Council, the junta headed by military chief and coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, to remain in place for another six months. Min Aung Hlaing…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 May 2021

The military continues to crack down heavily on anti-coup protesters. Its leaders have long regarded civil society as a threat to Myanmar’s unity and security.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 September 2017

Another 20,000 were gathering near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border yesterday following Rohingya militia attacks on police and military installations. The situation in Rakhine State…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 October 2022

A day earlier, the opinion pollster Pulse Asia Research released the results of a survey in which his government had majority approval ratings on eleven out of 13 key issues. The…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 July 2021

The military regime continues to crack down on anti-coup protesters. The National Unity Government (NUG) -- a parallel administration established by ousted lawmakers and other…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 April 2021

Unlike most Western powers, Russia has refused to condemn the February 1 coup in which the Myanmar army ousted the country’s democratically elected civilian government. Russia’s…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 March 2021

The junta in Naypyidaw is under growing external pressure to restore the democratically elected civilian government. Several Western powers, including the United States, have…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 October 2021

Dhaka has in recent months relocated some Rohingya refugees to newly built facilities on a remote island, Bhasan Char. The Bangladeshi authorities want refugees to return to…

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