Showing posts with label Ethnic Armed Organisations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethnic Armed Organisations. Show all posts

Thursday, June 10, 2021

New friends, old enemies: Politics of Ethnic Armed Organisations after the Myanmar Coup

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SALAI SAMUEL HMUNG
10 JUN, 2021

CADETS OF THE KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ARMY (KIA) PREPARING FOR MILITARY DRILLS AT THE GROUP'S HEADQUARTERS IN LAIZA, KACHIN STATE, MYANMAR. PHOTO CREDIT: PAUL VRIEZE AT VOA (PUBLIC DOMAIN)

Myanmar is still in turmoil with more than eight hundred civilian deaths and five thousand imprisoned since the military (Tatmadaw) overthrew a democratically elected government on 1 February. After the evaporation of dialogue and political solutions, the role of groups with armed forces became more prominent. The post-coup stances of Myanmar’s nearly two dozen ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have fought against the military regime will be a determinant in the country’s future.