Nicholas Kong Myanmar’s crisis, often framed as a civil war or humanitarian disaster, is fundamentally a struggle over power and profit. For decades, the military has engineered a system that converts
Mizzima The Myanmar junta announced on the night of 11 September that it has granted amnesty to Arakan Front Party (AFP) chairman Dr. Aye Maung, clearing his convictions and sentences to allow him to
RANGOON — This week, the Burmese people’s months-long wait to find out who their next president will be is expected to finally end. On March 10, the Lower and Upper houses of Parliament as well as law
Political analyst Igor Blazevic, a keen Myanmar observer, once outlined the three major defense lines of the Tatmadaw, or Myanmar military, for maintaining its power. The Tatmadaw’s first, or front, d