Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Htoo Thit Lwin Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Htoo Thit Lwin Maung Maung Myint

Friction on the Andaman Coast

While Beijing and Moscow project global solidarity, Naypyidaw’s overtures to Russia over the strategic Dawei deep-sea port have exposed clear transactional limits. Seeking a counterweight to China’s regional dominance, the military-led regime risks provoking Beijing, which is countering Moscow’s maritime encroachment through quiet commercial containment, economic leverage, and accelerated corridor investments.

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Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Htoo Thit Lwin Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Htoo Thit Lwin Maung Maung Myint

The Mirage on the Andaman Sea

Naypyidaw has turned to Moscow to revive the long-stalled Dawei Special Economic Zone, offering majority ownership concessions to secure critical energy and maritime investments. However, this ambitious blueprint on the Andaman Sea faces formidable structural roadblocks, including active armed resistance, severe international financing constraints, and crippling baseline infrastructure deficits across southern Myanmar.

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Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By A. K. Barua Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By A. K. Barua Maung Maung Myint

Trading One Patron for Another

Following its transition into a military-led civilian government, Naypyidaw is aggressively courting Moscow with major oil, gas, and infrastructure concessions. Driven by deep distrust toward Beijing after Operation 1027, the regime seeks a geopolitical counterweight. However, offering majority stakes in the strategic Dawei SEZ risks compromising Myanmar’s sovereignty for short-term political survival.

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Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By A. K. Barua Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By A. K. Barua Maung Maung Myint

Cornered in Naypyidaw

Five years after launching a devastating coup, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s attempt to legitimise his rule through staged elections has collapsed against firm diplomatic resistance. Blocked by ASEAN from returning to full summit representation, the junta chief’s hostile threats to reject regional mediation signal a deeply cornered regime retreating into strategic isolation rather than projecting strength.

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Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Thein Zaw Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Thein Zaw Maung Maung Myint

Misaligned Priorities and Sacrifices

Myanmar’s Spring Revolution faces critical internal challenges. Beyond fighting the military regime, resistance forces are increasingly strained by inter-factional rivalries and territorial disputes. This analysis explores how internal divisions and junta-led disinformation threaten the movement's strategic momentum, emphasising the urgent need for unified, democratic principles during the revolution.

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Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Daung Nyo Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Daung Nyo Maung Maung Myint

Same Robes, Divergent Roads: The Fractured Soul of Theravada Buddhism

While a group of Theravada monks walks 2,300 miles for peace across America, others in Myanmar face accusations of inciting genocide at the International Court of Justice. This article explores how monks sharing the same scriptures and robes have diverged into radical nationalist violence and universal compassion.

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Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Crystal Kyi Maung Maung Myint Featured, PERSPECTIVE, By Crystal Kyi Maung Maung Myint

The Anatomy of Blame: Scapegoating and the Challenge to Myanmar’s Unity

In Myanmar's struggle for democracy, unresolved frustration often leads to scapegoating—projecting collective failures onto vulnerable or convenient targets. Grounded in social psychology and ancient origins, this article examines how "displaced accountability" undermines trust among anti-dictatorship forces, stressing the need for fact-based dialogue to build a unified federal future.

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