Veteran journalist Bertil Lintner talks to The Irrawaddy about China’s goals in Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s future role and how the military might be defeated.
Veteran journalist Bertil Lintner talks to Irrawaddy editor-in-chief Aung Zaw about why Myanmar’s official peace process has been a non-starter from the outset.
Panic has gripped Myanmar over the growing likelihood of a Sri Lanka-type economic collapse or a Pakistan-type economic crisis after the country's central bank called on all citizens this month to convert their foreign currency holdings and remittances received from abroad into the local currency kyat within a day. Myanmar's foreign reserves are believed to have dwindled sharply and foreign debt has escalated as western sanctions following the Feb 2021 coup and the raging Covid pandemic have impacted the nation's economy.
Panic has gripped Myanmar over the growing likelihood of a Sri Lanka-type economic collapse or a Pakistan-type economic crisis after the country's central bank called on all citizens this month to convert their foreign currency holdings and remittances received from abroad into the local currency kyat within a day. Myanmar's foreign reserves are believed to have dwindled sharply and foreign debt has escalated as western sanctions following the Feb 2021 coup and the raging Covid pandemic have impacted the nation's economy.