Relevant Reports and Articles

Joint Position Statement by Allied Organisations Engaged in Revolutionary Struggle towards Annihilation of Military Dictatorship and Establishment of a Federal Democratic Union

စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ်ချုပ်ငြိမ်းရေး နှင့် ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရေစီပြည်ထောင်စု တည်ဆောက်ရေးအတွက် အတူတကွ လက်တွဲတော်လှန် တိုက်ပွဲဝင်နေကြသော အဖွဲ့များ၏ ဘုံသဘောထားရပ်တည်ချက်အား ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာခြင်း"

https://www.facebook.com/NUGmyanmar/posts/pfbid0ae1nhdL3CaRJQcq9152uyJ4urew18XSqugc6aMPAEApUwt748Ma8BQisBsxJysoal

https://www.facebook.com/myanmarpolicyinstitute/posts/pfbid02NLypuBmLSofmPVbKMyn5nC2QKLcHvaGwCmF7jahhjabDV9ez3RmJpf4ap5X5EDDTl

Frontier Myanmar: Jan 17, 2024

Revolution or rollback? Hluttaws convene in Myanmar

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/revolution-or-rollback-hluttaws-convene-in-myanmar/

Irrawaddy: Jan 12, 2024

Only Assurances of Self-Determination Can Prevent Myanmar From Shattering - By June N.S

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/only-assurances-of-self-determination-can-prevent-myanmar-from-shattering.html

Irrawaddy: January 10, 2024

The Future Myanmar: Some Assembly Required by David I. Steinberg

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/132529.html

Irrawaddy: January 4, 2024

Beyond Operation 1027: A New Mandala Order Needed in Myanmar By Htet Min Lwin and Thiha Wint Aung

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/beyond-operation-1027-a-new-mandala-order-needed-in-myanmar.html

Council on Foreign Relations: November 30, 2023

The Myanmar Army Could Actually Collapse—But Are the United States and Other Powers Ready for Such a Scenario?

https://www.cfr.org/blog/myanmar-army-could-actually-collapse-are-united-states-and-other-powers-ready-such-scenario

The Diplomat: November 22, 2023

Myanmar’s NUG Needs To Win the Peace by David Hutt

https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/myanmars-nug-needs-to-win-the-peace/

Irrawaddy: November 6, 2023

Has China Lost Control of Ethnic Armies in Myanmar’s War-Torn Borderland?

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/has-china-lost-control-of-ethnic-armies-in-myanmars-war-torn-borderland.html

TNI: October 15, 2023

The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar: The Time for Reflection and New Solutions

https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-nationwide-ceasefire-agreement-in-myanmar

Irrawaddy: October 17, 2023

Myanmar Junta Holds Talks With Political Parties to Open Offices

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/myanmar-junta-holds-talks-with-political-parties-to-open-offices.html

IISS: August 7, 2023

What China’s growing involvement means for Myanmar’s conflict

https://myanmar.iiss.org/analysis/chinas-growing-involvement

LSE: March 13, 2023: A Land Lost in Conflict

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2023/03/13/a-land-lost-in-conflict/

Frontier Myanmar: Feb 20, 2023

A ‘political game’: Shanni and Kachin armed groups at loggerheads

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-political-game-shanni-and-kachin-armed-groups-at-loggerheads/

Defense and Military

The Diplomat: Nov 18, 2024 - China, Myanmar to Establish Joint Security Company, Reports Say - Sebastian Strangio

https://thediplomat.com/2024/11/china-myanmar-to-establish-joint-security-company-reports-say/

Asia Times: Nov 5, 2024 - Myanmar PDFs face a closing window of opportunity - Anthony Davis

https://asiatimes.com/2024/11/myanmar-pdfs-face-a-closing-window-of-opportunity/

May 9, 2024 C4ADS: FAULTY TRANSMISSION: The Myanmar Junta’s Reliance On Global Military Truck Supply Chains

https://c4ads.org/issue-briefs/faulty-transmission/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Mass+Email&utm_campaign=FaultyTransmission

May 8, 2024 USIP: Rohingya Face Fresh Unvertainty in Myanmar

https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/05/rohingya-face-fresh-uncertainty-myanmar

Irrawaddy: Feb 15, 2024

Myanmar Youth Exodus Feared in Wake of Junta’s Conscription Law

Irrawaddy: Feb 13, 2024

ကောလင်းကို စစ်ကောင်စီ ပြန်ထိန်းချုပ်

https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2024/02/13/379677.html

Frontier Myanmar: Feb 6, 2024

The military is in chaos’: Cracks in the support base

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-military-is-in-chaos-cracks-in-the-support-base/

Myanmar Now: Jan 29, 2024

Three years on, Myanmar’s military remains on the road to ruin

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/three-years-on-myanmars-military-remains-on-the-road-to-ruin/

Frontier Myanmar: Jan 19, 2024

‘Worst leader’: Military’s winter of discontent

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/worst-leader-militarys-winter-of-discontent/

IISS: December

Is Myanmar's regime at risk of collapse?

https://myanmar.iiss.org/updates/2023-12

Mizzima: Dec 14, 2023

Out of the hills: The war is coming to Myanmar’s cities

https://eng.mizzima.com/2023/12/14/5245

Irrawaddy: Dec 8, 2023

Desperate to End War in North, Battered Myanmar Junta Begs China for Help

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commentary/desperate-to-end-war-in-north-battered-myanmar-junta-begs-china-for-help.html

Asia Times: November 15, 2023

No good options for Myanmar’s mortally wounded regime By ANTHONY DAVIS

https://asiatimes.com/2023/11/no-good-options-for-myanmars-mortally-wounded-regime/

Irrawaddy: November 2, 2023

Seven Key Points About Myanmar Ethnic Alliance’s ‘Operation 1027’

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/seven-key-points-about-myanmar-ethnic-alliances-operation-1027.html

တူမီးသိမ်းမောင်: November 3, 2023

စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ ဗျူဟာအား ခန့်မှန်းကြည့်ခြင်း

https://www.facebook.com/tuumee21/posts/pfbid02SZfYe2cHcpY6UPfVatuY7Jx5Jzb3FX8X685tkpQjmC9oNQto8jo69NuiwUrDwNmdl

Asia Times: October, 29, 2023

Fog of war: Myanmar’s armed conflict is not a stalemate

https://asiatimes.com/2023/10/fog-of-war-myanmars-armed-conflict-is-not-a-stalemate/

The Diplomat: October 31, 2023

‘Operation 1027’: A Turning-Point For Myanmar’s Resistance Struggle?

https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/operation-1027-a-turning-point-for-myanmars-resistance-struggle/

BBC Burmese: October 17, 2023

အပစ်ရပ်စာချုပ် - ချန်လှပ်ခံရတဲ့ လက်နက်ကိုင် သုံးဖွဲ့ ဘယ်လောက် အင်အားကြီးလာသလဲ

https://www.bbc.com/burmese/articles/c72mz5p7yv4o

BBC Burmese: August 19, 2023

စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်မှာ တိုက်ခိုက်ရေး လူအင်အား အစစ်အမှန် ဘယ်လောက်ရှိနေလဲ

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=129479663521321

Irrawaddy: August 17, 2023

Reappraising Myanmar Military Statecraft - David Scott Mathieson

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/reappraising-myanmar-military-statecraft.html

Reuters: August 4, 2023

Myanmar poet turned rebel leader seeks new territory; worries about 'ephemeral revolutionaries'

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-poet-turned-rebel-leader-seeks-new-territory-worries-about-ephemeral-2023-08-04/

IISS: July 2023

Junta tactics shift in Myanmar’s war-torn Dry Zone

https://myanmar.iiss.org/updates/2023-07

ISP Myanmar: February 9, 2023

Clashes and Martial Law Townships in the past two years

https://www.ispmyanmar.com/isp-data-matters/#images-35

Fulcrum: FEB 9. 2022

Myanmar’s Dry Zone: The History of a Tinderbox by Mary Callahan

https://fulcrum.sg/myanmars-dry-zone-the-history-of-a-tinderbox/

Fulcrum: APR 18. 2022

An Unexpected Stillness in the Heart of Wartime Myanma by Mary Callahan

https://fulcrum.sg/an-unexpected-stillness-in-the-heart-of-wartime-myanmar/

Business and Economy

VOA, Nov 18, 2024: Myanmar’s sweeping internet blackouts drive rebels, medics, scammers to satellite service

https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-s-sweeping-internet-blackouts-drive-rebels-medics-scammers-to-satellite-service/7866870.html

Myanmar Now: Nov 13, 2024 Myanmar garment makers forced to exchange export earnings at junta-imposed rate

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-garment-makers-forced-to-exchange-export-earnings-at-junta-imposed-rate/

UNDP: Nov 7, 2024 Rakhine: A Famine in the Making

https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2024/11/07/rakhine-a-famine-in-the-making/

ISP Myanmar: Oct 29, 2024: The Terror Twins of Climate and Conflict

https://ispmyanmar.com/ie-v02n06/

Irrawaddy: Oct 28, 2024 China’s Export Ban is Causing Shortages of Medicine, Fuel And Food in Myanmar

https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/chinas-export-ban-is-causing-shortages-of-medicine-fuel-and-food-in-myanmar.html

ISP Myanmar: Oct 8, 2024 Border Trade Routes: Old, New, and Potentials

https://ispmyanmar.com/mp-66/

USIP: July 11, 2024- How Myanmar's central Bank Facilitates the Junta's Oppression

https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/07/how-myanmars-central-bank-facilitates-juntas-oppression

Reuters: June 12, 2024- Myanmar poverty deepens, economic growth stagnant, World Bank says

https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/myanmar-poverty-deepens-economic-growth-stagnant-world-bank-says-2024-06-12/

April 2023 Myanmar Junta Increases Military Budget to US$2.7 Billion

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-increases-military-budget-to-us2-7-billion.html

March 4, 2024 Irrawaddy: Myanmar’s Economic Crisis Likely to Deepen as Latest Dollar Rule Kicks In

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-economic-crisis-likely-to-deepen-as-latest-dollar-rule-kicks-in.html

Feb 13, 2024: Modern Diplomacy

Will Extended Sanctions and Banking Restrictions Force Myanmar’s Junta to Change Course? BY VAISHALI BASU SHARMA

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/02/13/will-extended-sanctions-and-banking-restrictions-force-myanmars-junta-to-change-course/

Feb 8, 2024 The central bank of Myanmar sold 8 million dollars to the foreign exchange market today, due to the continuous selling of dollars, the currency of the exchange rate is down to 3500 kyats per dollar.

https://www.mtnewstoday.com/en/?p=4028

Irrawaddy: February 8, 2024

Post-Coup Myanmar is a Family Business: Min Aung Hlaing & Co by David Aung

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/post-coup-myanmar-is-a-family-business-min-aung-hlaing-co.html

Irrawaddy: February 6, 2024

Myanmar’s Post-Coup Economic Crisis in Numbers

https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/economy/myanmars-post-coup-economic-crisis-in-numbers.html

NLM: Jan 16, 2024

CBM sells almost US$44 million in 15 days

https://www.gnlm.com.mm/cbm-sells-almost-us44-million-in-15-days/

Jan 15, 2024

Central Bank of Myanmar sells over $56 million since December to stabilize currency market

https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/central-bank-of-myanmar-sells-over-56-million-since-december-to-stabilize-currency-market

December, 2023 Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144702

Stimson: October 11, 2023

Many Sanctions, Few Friends: Junta Grapples with its Grip on Power

https://www.stimson.org/2023/many-sanctions-few-friends-junta-grapples-with-its-grip-on-power/

Stimson: September 20, 2023

The National Unity Government’s Revenue Denial Strategy - Myanmar’s National Unity Government hopes to cut off the military government’s revenue streams to tip the scales in favor of the resistance

https://www.stimson.org/2023/the-national-unity-governments-revenue-denial-strategy/

Irrawaddy: August 21, 2023

Myanmar Junta’s Central Bank Had $6.8 Bn in Reserves at 14 Int’l Banks in March

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-juntas-central-bank-had-6-8-bn-in-reserves-at-14-intl-banks-in-march.html

Nikkei: August 9, 2023

UOB to Cut Ties With Myanmar Banks on Sept 1 – Nikkei

https://www.asiafinancial.com/uob-to-cut-ties-with-myanmar-banks-on-sept-1-nikkei

ISP Myanmar:

lowest Foreign investment Within Three Years

https://www.ispmyanmar.com/isp-data-matters/#images-151

ISP Myanmar:

New company registrations declined