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🚨 Our new series on Asia’s militarisation has arrived. In our 1st report of the series, Dr Huong LE THU looks at how 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 are reshaping Indo-Pacific security architecture and why Beijing & DC should work together to manage risks of unintended escalation. crisisgroup.org/asia/north-eas…

The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community Interesting and timely reporting from Frontier Myanmar frontiermyanmar.net/en/they-dont-r…

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Debut for Crisis Group: I looked at the growing tensions across the #Taiwan Strait. Since coming to office in May 2024, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has hardened his rhetoric and stance against what Taipei views as intensifying coercion from #China. crisisgroup.org/asia/north-eas…

“If I thought you could use a mineral deal to end decades of war, then there are countries that I imagine would have been fixed already,” Crisis Group president Comfort Ero reacting to the Trump administration’s slapdash DRC mediation efforts. theafricareport.com/384927/trumps-…

As 🇺🇸 Def Sec warns 🇨🇳 attack on Taiwan “could be imminent”, Crisis Group looks at Taiwanese Pres Lai Ching-te 1st yr. ➡️Cross-strait relations are esp fraught. ➡️Taipei & Beijing are increasingly at odds.  ⬇️ Here’s what can be done to lower temperature. crisisgroup.org/asia/north-eas…

The world, it seems, is witnessing an experiment: an attempt to indefinitely maintain Gaza’s population below the famine threshold while turning food into a weapon of war. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Israel’s most senior officials publicly deny intent to starve Gaza & existence of mass starvation, attributing restrictions to military necessity. Israeli military officers privately acknowledge reality. Prominent cabinet members openly approve of it. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

NEW REPORT | The Dangers of a Rohingya Insurgency Armed groups in Rohingya camps have joined forces to battle the Arakan Army which has taken over much of the refugees’ home state in Myanmar, but insurgency is more likely to hurt than help their cause. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

As aid dries up and work remains banned, desperation is growing among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. Armed groups are exploiting this, recruiting young men with promises of returning to Myanmar by force. Our latest report explains the dangers⬇️ crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

Please join the Crisis Group lunchtime discussion I am moderating at the FCCT next Monday. With Thomas Kean, Tanbirul Miraj Ripon and Wai Wai Nu fccthai.com/events/525

Tensions have soared between Thailand and Cambodia as nationalist fervour and a political fracas are fuelling a longstanding border dispute.  In this Q&A, Matt Wheeler unpacks how the bitter feud is endangering the Thai government’s future.  ~ Dr Huong LE THU crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

Join us at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on July 7 to discuss #Bangladesh's political transition and the future of the Rohingya crisis. Speaker lineup includes Thomas Kean, Tanbirul Miraj Ripon, and Wai Wai Nu, moderated by Verena Holzi. #Rohingya #Myanmar

As deadly fighting breaks out across the #ThailandCambodia border, here's an excellent piece Crisis Group recently published on the build-up of conflict. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

Conflict prevention agenda is an urgent priority. Including in the region taking pride in keeping peace and stability to decades. #ASEAN needs risk reduction and effective crisis response mechanisms. nsc.anu.edu.au/content-centre…

A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes that have killed at least 12 people, including 11 civilians reut.rs/4me9u8s

Sudden escalation on 🇹🇭 🇰🇭 border is most intense to date. Prospects for de-escalation are complicated by a messy feud btw Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra - Matthew Wheeler Crisis Group. But cool heads must prevail to prevent further violence spiralling. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…