By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, 75-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and Libya…
A reporter in Yangon and Rebecca Ratcliffe * – The Guardian Protesters compare date – 22.2.2021 – to 8 August 1988, when military cracked down on pro-democracy rallies Protesters across Myanmar have held a general strike, taking to the streets across the country and shutting…
By Larry Jagan BANGKOK, Feb 17 2021 (IPS) – Myanmar’s top generals have begun the process to prevent Aung San Suu Kyi – the country’s popular civilian leader – from ever holding political power. Both she and president Win Myint were arraigned in a closed-door court…
Editorial – The Observer As the military cracks down ever harder on protesters, the west and China must work together to prevent disaster It began with red balloons and ribbons, silent symbols of resistance to Myanmar’s military coup. Then came the subversive banging and…
By David Scott Mathieson* – The Nation The military was never interested in peace or a democratic transition—and neither was Aung San Suu Kyi The coup d’état in Myanmar has restored the powerful armed forces, or Tatmadaw, to full control of the country, after a decade of…
By Phillip Orchard – Geopolitical Futures There are huge risks to abandoning the country’s previous political arrangement. For Myanmar, a country where the military brass has called the shots for most of its modern history, the putsch shouldn’t have come as much of a…
By Bruce Biber* – Australian Outlook Conflict and violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continue to be all too frequent across the country. Since 2007, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to curb the consequences of these clashes.
A REPORT BY THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Democracy was dealt a major blow in 2020. Almost 70% of countries covered by The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index recorded a decline in their overall score, as country after country locked down to protect lives from a…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – Wall Street International Magazine An open letter to Mark Leonard Europe faces fundamental geopolitical changes caused by a decline in US global power, the rise of China and Asia, a re-assertive Russia, the emergence of multiple regional powers…
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post Myanmar’s fragile, flawed democracy has collapsed. In the early hours Monday, the country’s military initiated a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians, including ministers from her National League for…
