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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: 13 January 2017

Discussion included the Northern Alliance of four ethnic minority armed groups fighting the Tatmadaw in north-eastern Myanmar bordering China. The meeting exemplifies the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 February 2021

The Treasury Department soon after activated one provision of the EO by designating ten individuals in the Myanmar military and three military-linked companies for sanctions…

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: 11 July 2022

He held talks with his junta-appointed counterpart, Wunna Maung Lwin, on the sidelines of the seventh foreign ministers’ meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 October 2022

ASEAN’s ‘Five-Point Consensus’ plan to ease the fallout from the 2021 coup shows no signs of making progress, and Cambodia -- the group’s 2022 chair -- has stopped advocating…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 August 2021

The ‘Golden Triangle’ -- centred on the tripoint of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar -- has long been a hub for production of illicit drugs. The area is rife with drug cartels.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 January 2024

Vietnam is Russia’s closest partner in South-east Asia and has refused to criticise Moscow over the Ukraine war. Between 2000 and 2022, Russia accounted for more than 80% of…

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