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New Myanmar government to seek new military hardware

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: MYANMAR
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Myanmar AP China Eastern Europe EU Israel Middle East Russia United States Western Europe

Topical: politics aerospace arms constitution construction defence education energy ethnic foreign investment foreign trade government health manufacturing military nuclear energy opposition party policy reform security shipbuilding shipping talks terrorism welfare industry international relations social
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2016), "New Myanmar government to seek new military hardware", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB211149

Thursday, May 19, 2016

This follows Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)-dominated legislature endorsing a new defence cooperation agreement with Russia on May 10.

Tatmadaw modernisation activity is not evidence of preparation to leave politics.
Deeper Russian defence ties with Myanmar will support Moscow's policy reorientation in South-east Asia.
Myanmar and Russia are currently unlikely to agree a nuclear power deal.
In the short term, substantive Myanmar-Russia counterterrorism cooperation is unlikely.
Myanmar's domestic defence industry is likely to grow.