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"Myanmar is on the brink of collapse. One year after the coup, half the
population does not have enough food. The local currency has lost 50% of its
value. Foreign companies are pulling out of Myanmar. The military is shooting
civilians in the streets and opponents of the military are carrying out
bombings and assassinations.
With every week that passes, the suffering becomes greater, grievances mount
and distrust between the military and its opponents increases. A full-scale
civil war appears inevitable.
A failed state in the heart of the Indo-Pacific would be a blow to the security
and economic interests of Myanmar’s neighbours (China, India, Thailand and
Bangladesh). This would also be profoundly damaging to the credibility of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Myanmar is a member.
For the United States, Myanmar’s collapse would undermine the effort to forge
an Indo-Pacific strategy capable of balancing China’s deep interests in the
region.
For the United Nations, civil war would lead to further questions about its
effectiveness at a time when it is already under scrutiny over its handling of
the COVID-19 pandemic and the failure to avert crises in Yemen, Sudan and
Afghanistan.
If Myanmar is the epicentre of stability in Southeast Asia – a region critical
to the security and interests of so many nations – why has such little progress
been made in resolving the conflict? Why has the world failed to act?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
