Myanmar is currently at a pivotal moment, and the U.S. has the opportunity to turn the country’s crisis into a foreign policy success story. Since the 2021 military coup, violence has escalated, displacing millions and creating a severe humanitarian crisis. Ethnic and religious minority regions like Chin, Kachin, Karen, andContinue Reading
Myanmar’s current conscription system is an act of fascist control, exploiting the lives of civilians in order to safeguard the country’s military junta against resistance forces. In 2024, the junta started enforcing the 2010 People’s Military Service Law, making it mandatory for men to serve as conscripts. Over a yearContinue Reading
On November 27, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan announced the submission of an arrest warrant application about the 2016-2017 violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, which led to the mass displacement of the Rohingya population into Bangladesh. Khan’s office has been investigating these atrocities, and the prosecutorContinue Reading
