Myanmar junta will lose further ground in near term
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Significance
The resistance to the junta, including People’s Defence Forces aligned with the anti-junta National Unity Government (NUG) as well as ethnic armed organisations long pitted against the military, continues to make territorial gains.
Impacts
- Myanmar’s neighbours will step up pressure on the junta to hold elections.
- The junta’s military and economic dependence on China and Russia will deepen.
- Regional drug cartels will step up trafficking through the Gulf of Thailand.