Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future

The Irrawaddy
Moe Sett Nyein Chan
November 20, 2023

Brotherhood Alliance troops after seizing junta tactical command in Kunlong. / The Kokang

 

It took two years to plan but just days to shatter the Tatmadaw’s all-powerful image. Still, Operation 1027 is far from finished with the regime that seized power from a civilian government in 2021.

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

THE DIPLOMAT

By Kyaw Hsan Hlaing and Naing Lin
October 30, 2023

Some Myanmar observers hope that the coordinated offensive in Shan State will catalyze wider changes, and even lead to the collapse of the military administration.

For the past two years, a string of significant global events, including the Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Israel-Hamas conflict, have diverted international attention from Myanmar’s turmoil and the Myanmar people’s struggles for democracy. Despite the lack of attention, however, the self-defense efforts of the Myanmar people have highlighted the military’s complete incapacity to consolidate the coup d’etat that it launched in February 2021.