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U.S.-Myanmar relations
Why the US Needs to Back Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
By Peter Morris
Recent rebel offensives have the military junta reeling. A little bit of outside support could hasten its collapse.
US Policy on Myanmar and Taiwan: Shifting Strategies to Counter China’s Influence
By Zaw Tuseng
Washington needs to recognize that the situation in both places is part of a single, interconnected struggle to contain Chinese influence.
The United States Risks Being Complicit in the Myanmar Junta’s Atrocities
By Me Me Khant
Two years on from the military coup, the U.S. government is saying one thing about the country's crisis and doing another.
Myanmar’s NUG Welcomes the Passage of the U.S. BURMA Act
By Luke Hunt
The legislation authorizes the Biden administration to begin providing non-lethal assistance to the opposition National Unity Government and its allies.
US Will Not Replace Ambassador to Myanmar: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
Ambassador Thomas Vajda is set to leave Myanmar this month, after less than two years in the post.
Myanmar Executions Revive Pressure for More Sanctions
By Elaine Kurtenback
The U.S. Senate is inching toward passage of the Burma Act, which would pave the way for sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).
ASEAN Should Harden Its Stance on Myanmar Junta, Blinken Says
By Sebastian Strangio
But the Southeast Asian bloc is unlikely to take the punitive line favored by the U.S. and its Western partners.
US Leadership Could Change Course of Myanmar’s Human Rights Crisis
By Carolyn Nash
A U.S.-led coalition that intensifies this pressure could change the course of Myanmar’s protracted human rights disaster.
Samantha Power Is Myanmar’s Best Hope for US Support
By Carolyn Nash
As protests intensify in Myanmar, the civil disobedience movement should look to Power as their best avenue to secure greater international support.
Adding Myanmar to the Trump Travel Ban Would Be a Mistake
By Daniel O'Connor
Such a move would only serve to push Myanmar further away from the U.S. – and toward China.
Has the US Lost Myanmar to China?
By Hunter Marston
Xi’s visit bolstered China-Myanmar ties, but the West can still compete.
Why Foreign Policy Matters to Myanmar’s Democratic Transition
By Hnin Wint Nyunt Hman
In the best-case scenario, Myanmar would be rich like the East and democratic like the West.
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