Coming three months after Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing grabbed power, the opening of the upscale private facility is the latest addition to the military’s economic empire.
Myanmar’s Generals Aren’t Going Anywhere
As sanctions are reimposed, the country’s old business elite is slowly clawing back the ground lost during a decade of reform.
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May 03, 2021
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Even with swelling protests and mounting international pressure, Myanmar’s new military junta isn’t going anywhere. The generals that seized power on February 1 are from the same group that ruled Myanmar between 1962 and 2010 and as the screws tighten, they are re-visiting the system that kept them in power under their prior incarnation, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) junta.
Myanmar’s economy is expected to contract by over 20 percent because of the coup, but Myanmar has been here before. Under the SPDC, Myanmar appeared from the outside crippled by sanctions and wracked by ethnic civil war. Store shelves were often bare and the streets free from cars. For many observers, SPDC Myanmar was a failed state.
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ASEAN tell Myanmar coup leader to cease the use of violence, release the prisoners and engage in dialogue
The writer is a geopolitical analyst. She also writes at globaltab.net and tweets @AneelaShahzad
The ASEAN met on Saturday in Jakarta. Brunei was in the chair. General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s coup leader, was called and told to immediately cease the use of violence, release the prisoners, engage in dialogue with all parties. He was also told that ASEAN will provide humanitarian relief and send its envoy for mediation. The General took the points and went back.
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The Biden administration continues to utilize United States trade sanctions and export controls as a key tool in its efforts to put pressure on China, Myanmar/Burma and Russia. Since our last update, actions by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the U.S. State Department (State) and the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) have been bolstered by similar actions taken by U.S. allies, indicating multilateral support for the Biden administration’s efforts to combat ongoing human rights crises and national security concerns in these regions.
Richard Ip April 28, 2021 09:19
Dr Sasa, the exiled special envoy of Myanmar’s disbanded parliament, recently urged Western countries to coordinate their punitive actions against the military junta who staged a coup against the democratically elected government, and who have violently repressed the mass protests. Sasa’s petition came as the United Nations Security Council failed to reach a consensus on punishing the junta, due to oppositions from China and Russia.
Myanmar is not the only country where dictators have benefited from support from China and Russia. Other “rogue” regimes such as Venezuela, Syria, Iran and Belarus are also beholden to China and Russia for their survival from political crises and crunching international sanctions.