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Recent Three Brotherhood Alliance Operation Reveals Myanmar Junta’s Diminished Combat Effectiveness
On July 25th, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) announced the capture of the city of Lashio, located in Shan State. The MNDAA, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and allied People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) also captured the Northeastern Regional Command located in the city. The capture of Lashio and the regional command is the first time that...
Termination of Hong Kong-based WSJ Reporter Points to Increased Pressure to Control Media
On July 17th, US-based newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) fired Hong Kong-based journalist Selina Cheng. The newspaper terminated Cheng after she was elected to head the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) in late June. Cheng’s termination occurred approximately five months after Hong Kong’s Secretary of Security, Chris Tang, described the association as unrepresentative of the media in the...
Agreement in the Balance: Philippines and China Address South China Sea Resupply Protocols
On July 21st, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced that the Philippines and China reached a “provisional agreement” regarding the resupply missions to the Second Thomas Shoal. The announcement, dated July 19th, provided scant details other than that both sides reached the agreement after discussions during the 9th Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea (SCS)...
Vietnam Communist Party Leader’s Death Will Not Lead to Succession Issues, Policy Changes
On July 19th, Vietnamese state media announced the death of Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The Expert Council for the Health Protection of Central-Level Officials issued an announcement that said Trong was under the intensive care of “leading medical experts and doctors, and was with his family.” News media outlets said that the Party Chief...
Bangladesh Unrest Reopens Old Wounds
Since June, protests have occurred throughout Bangladesh in response to a decision by the country’s High Court that reversed a 2018 ruling canceling the quota system for freedom fighters and their descendants, reinvigorating societal divides that stem from the 1971 Liberation War. The decision caused university students and other people who would be most affected by the ruling to...
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Recent Three Brotherhood Alliance Operation Reveals Myanmar Junta’s Diminished Combat Effectiveness
On July 25th, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) announced the capture of the city of Lashio, located in Shan State. The MNDAA, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and allied People’s Defense...
Naval Standoff in South Aegean Highlights the Fleeting Détente in Greek-Turkish Relations
The lasting impression of rapprochement between Greece and Turkey in their 50-year dispute over continental shelf delimitation and Turkey’s pursuit of strategic control of the Aegean has been fleeting, as Turkish warships were deployed within the Greek Exclusive Economic...
Houthis Warn of Impending Response to Israeli Strikes
Over the past 24 hours, there has been a notable uptick in messaging by the Houthis warning of an impending response to Israeli strikes that targeted the Yemeni port city of al-Hudaydah last week,...