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Washington’s flawed Myanmar policy
Posted By Brahma Chellaney on December 20, 2023 @ 06:00
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[1] two million people: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143702
[2] over a million more: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/refugees-11162022182447.html
[3] military junta: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/myanmar-history-coup-military-rule-ethnic-conflict-rohingya
[4] moral test: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/13/myanmar-junta-democracy-civil-society/
[5] ratcheted up: https://www.state.gov/burma-sanctions/
[6] unscathed: https://www.csis.org/analysis/revisiting-us-policy-myanmar
[7] economic progress: https://www.undp.org/publications/myanmar-crossroads-past-trends-human-well-being-and-future-outlook
[8] inflicted misery: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/myanmar-proxy-battleground-where-us-sanctions-benefit-china-by-brahma-chellaney-2023-07
[9] alternative to the junta: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/world/asia/myanmar-national-unity-government-coup-rohingya.html#:~:text=The%20National%20Unity%20Government%20of,as%20it%20struggles%20for%20recognition.
[10] refrained: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/world/asia/myanmar-national-unity-government-coup-rohingya.html
[11] non-lethal aid: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title22/chapter109&edition=prelim
[12] BURMA Act: https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/us-president-signs-two-bills-with-implications-for-sanctions-export-controls-and-related-subjects/
[13] operational capabilities: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/03/238865.htm
[14] don’t share: https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-s-opposition-riven-by-internal-divisions-/7271753.html
[15] ethnic insurgent groups: https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/312-identity-crisis-ethnicity-and-conflict-myanmar
[16] more interested: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Hidden_History_of_Burma_Race_Capital/Xv2KDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
[17] collaborate: https://www.voanews.com/a/china-junta-armed-groups-agree-on-cease-fire-in-north-myanmar-/7398703.html
[18] major offensive: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-military-losing-ground-coordinated-attacks-rcna127547
[19] flee to India: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-says-facing-heavy-assault-insurgents-three-states-2023-11-16/
[20] taken refuge: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/5-000-myanmar-refugees-enter-mizoram-aid-groups-work-hard-on-relief-4583339
[21] Chin-majority: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/world/asia/myanmar-refugees-india.html
[22] violent conflict: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66161535
[23] divided: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/waves-rocking-aseans-ship
[24] trained and armed: https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/is-china-behind-a-recent-insurgent-attack-in-indias-northeast/
[25] public rhetoric: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/If-Biden-can-befriend-Vietnam-he-can-work-with-Myanmar
[26] mend ties: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/09/1198644841/biden-g20-india-saudi-arabia-corridor
[27] calling: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/09/10/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-press-conference-2/
[28] failed: https://www.cato.org/trade-policy-analysis/us-sanctions-against-burma-failure-all-fronts