After decades of centralised military control, the AA has shifted Rakhine’s power dynamics, emerging as the de facto ...

The Arakan Army (AA), which dominates much of Rakhine State in western Myanmar, is intensifying attacks on junta bases in ...

About 90 per cent of China’s trade is by sea, including 80 per cent of energy and 60 per cent of gas, and almost 60 per cent ...

Russia has joined China and India in promoting its interests in war-ravaged Myanmar , in particular the possibility of ...

Despite a recent flurry of meetings, however, observers say the regime’s desperate military position in Rakhine makes progress on China’s Kyaukphyu projects unlikely.

Both the great powers want access to Rakhine State’s Indian coastline and their ambitions have not ended because of advances ...

THE Arakan Army on December 20, 2024 captured the headquarters of the Myanmar military’s western command in Ann town, marking ...

Any blockade of the Malacca Strait could result in the Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The reverse is also possible: a blockade of Taiwan by China could lead to the closure of the Malacca Strait. The ...

Two seaports—India-operated Sittwe, the gateway for its multi-modal Kaladan Connectivity Project promoting the Act East Policy, and China-owned Kyaukphyu—both in the Indian Ocean, are surrounded and ...

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Only the renovated port of Sittwe done up as part of the India-funded Kaladan Multimodal Transport project, the China-funded deep-sea port of Kyaukphyu, and the town of Munaung is in the hands of the ...

Rakhine State capital, Sittwe, also remains in military hands, along with Kyaukphyu (an important commercial hub) and Munaung. The AA, which is fighting for an independent country, is part of the ...