EURO-BURMA OFFICE ADDB Inc – Canada, Euro-Burma Office – Belgium, EBO Foundation – Chiang Mai
Opinion Papers
Rethinking ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus
Source: Frontier Myanmar
While the regional bloc has been criticised for its lack of effectiveness, it still has a role to play in solving Myanmar’s crisis – so long as it widens the scope of its roadmap.
By Sai LATT | Frontier
Burma on the brink of ousting the military?
Source: Bangkok Post
Burma has no foreign enemies threatening to attack it; all its security problems are domestic. What it needs is an impartial police force, not a corrupt and cruel army.
By Gwynne Dyer
Myanmar Junta Shamelessly Dancing to Beijing’s Tune
Source: Irrawaddy
China’s support has not come without strings. Min Aung Hlaing was forced to guarantee the smooth operation of the China-Myanmar oil-and-gas pipeline and the safety of Chinese projects and employees.
By Maung KAVI | Irrawaddy
Weaponisation of Rohingya by vested interests will further destabilise the region
Source: Mizzima
Bangladesh’s position on the Rohingya refugee crisis is centred on the systematic return of refugees to their ancestral villages in Myanmar.
Commentary | Mizzima
Paramotors: The Myanmar Junta’s Latest Terror Weapon
Source: Irrawaddy
Former military sergeant Naung Yoe, who served in the Flying Training School’s armament department at the junta’s air force base in Meiktila, spoke with The Irrawaddy about the regime’s paramotor bombings.
Interview | Former military sergeant Naung Yoe
Myanmar: a microcosm of aid cuts and humanitarian choices
Source: Overseas Development Institute
Today, I walk into the rudimentary compound and am immediately struck that I am surrounded by men with lost limbs and war wounds.
By Dustin Barter
Starmer’s UK Aid Cuts a Gift to Authoritarian Regimes
Source: The Portugal News
The military have been a curse on the country ever since Burma got its independence in 1948.
By he Portugal News”,
Sanctions rarely achieve their goals – here’s why they failed in Russia and Myanmar
source: The Conversation (UK)
Sanctions are, according to research, effective less than 10% of the time if success is defined as the complete compliance of a sanctioned regime with the imposed external pressure.
Tracing China’s Long Entanglement in Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
Senators, congressmen as well as the U.S. government began to issue statement after statement condemning the massacres and calling for a more democratic order.
By Bertil Lintner
INTERVIEW: Why an Argentina court filed a warrant for Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrest
Source: Radio Free Asia
Quintana said the court decided that she and the others must be included to show that the court is impartial.
Interview | Tomas Ojea Quintana is a human rights lawyer