Search results
1 – 10 of 111
BOLIVIA: Strikes threaten economic disruption
The resistance to the junta, including People’s Defence Forces aligned with the anti-junta National Unity Government (NUG) as well as ethnic armed organisations long pitted…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288947
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
US-based digital rights watchdog Access Now recorded more internet shutdown events in 2023 than ever before. US-based non-profit Internet Society Pulse suggests that this trend…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287653
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Unlike the Wagner private military company (PMC), it is subordinated to the Russian state. The first confirmed deployment of African Corps forces is to Burkina Faso, where it will…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285059
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
ARGENTINA: Rights protests point to wider malaise
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286052
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Thailand is devoting more attention to foreign policy under Srettha. The fallout from the 2006 and 2014 coups adversely affected its foreign relations, but it retains an important…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285133
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
The report contains the results of opium poppy cultivation surveys in Myanmar and Laos during the 2022/23 poppy season. The ‘Golden Triangle’ -- centred on the…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284232
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
The theme it has chosen for its chairmanship is ‘enhancing connectivity and resilience’. The reference to ‘resilience’ is apt, as Laos is attempting to manage severe economic…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284173
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Separately, Russian arms transfers to Naypyidaw are fuelling the conflict between the junta and its armed opponents. Among the countries that remain close to Myanmar, Russia and…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283196
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Pronounced ruble depreciation this year attests to the efficacy of sanctions in disrupting Russia’s external trade. The weaker ruble has already provoked a spike in household…