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Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?

  • Written by Nicholas Farrelly, Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania

Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention outside the country.

The democratic opposition, fronted by the National Unity Government (NUG), but comprising many different groups, armies, militias and individuals, has also struggled to gain awareness,...

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