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Opinion Papers
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing sets the groundwork for a possible political exit
Source: East Asia Forum | By Naing Min Khant
In February 2025, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing initiated a significant military and cabinet reshuffle, making similar moves to former Myanmar military leader Than Shwe before his political exit
In Myanmar and beyond, the complex role of elections in post-conflict states
Source: The Indian Express | By Khushboo SRIVASTAVA & Pulkit BUTTAN
When PM Modi met Myanmar’s junta chief, he stressed the urgent need for “inclusive and credible elections”. It is, however, the design of elections in post-conflict societies that influence their success or failure
Devotion to the Displaced
Source: Commonweal Magazine | By Antonio Graceffo
As the United States stops aid, Christian volunteers step up to counter a humanitarian crisis in Burma.
Security Threats and Humanitarian Crises: Myanmar Civilians on the Brink
Source: International Policy Digest | By Atin PRABANDARI, Albert SIBUEA & Nani SEPTIANIE
Myanmar is facing a deepening humanitarian and political crisis marked by military violence, widespread displacement, and international inaction.
Why Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation plan rings hollow
Source: The Daily Star | By Md Nuruzzaman Khan
Myanmar’s recent announcement to repatriate 180,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has drawn international attention. But beneath this statement lies a familiar and troubling pattern.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s Written Reply to Parliamentary Question, 8 April 2025
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore
The ASEAN Leaders review the situation in Myanmar regularly. In their latest review last October, they expressed deep concern over the escalation of the conflict and the humanitarian situation there.
Beijing Retains Considerable Weight in Regional Perceptions
Source: FULCRUM | By Sharon SEAH and Eugene R.L. TAN
To start, ASEAN member states again ranked it as the region’s most strategically relevant dialogue partner (mean score 8.80). Of the 10 member states, six countries that placed China first, namely Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand
Myanmar Back in the Human Rights Council’s Spotlight
Source: Special Advisory Council for Myanmar | Statement
The Human Rights Council’s adoption of a new consensus resolution on Myanmar (58/20) on 3 April capped off HRC58’s address of Myanmar. Credit goes to the European Union for crafting and guiding through a text that contains strong new elements. These include:
Quake response shows where junta’s priorities lie
Source: Frontier Myanmar | Editorial
Myanmar is reeling from a devastating earthquake but the regime cares more for its own survival.
Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system ‘overwhelmed’
Source: UN Geneva | Press Release
In earthquake-shattered central Myanmar, people are sleeping in the streets in fear of buildings collapsing, facing early monsoon rains and the risk of waterborne diseases, the UN warned on Tuesday.