The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) was supposed to provide economic growth while alleviating one of China’s overriding strategic concerns, but the project has never truly gotten off the ground.

Beijing is taking a more active role in the Myanmar civil war by deploying a private security company to protect Chinese investments in the country.

After a year of territorial gains, resistance fighters are nearing the second-largest city of Mandalay. Yet changing weather could breathe new life into the junta’s efforts to turn the tide in the Myanmar civil war.

Impractical as it may seem, the ruling junta in Myanmar is rolling out a census and planning to hold elections amid a raging civil war. But the effort may be hiding ulterior, more sinister motives.

The Myanmar civil war and Ukraine war are serving as laboratories for the testing and development of drone warfare.

The battle for Myawaddy reflects a shift in the Myanmar civil war. With the countryside now largely held by opposition forces, junta-held towns and cities are now being swept up in the fighting.

Many date the start of the Myanmar civil war to the 2021 coup that removed Aung San Suu Kyi from power. However, this is just the latest phase of one of the longest running conflicts in the world.

A national economy in free-fall won’t impact the strategic calculations of a ruling junta which views the Myanmar civil war as an existential conflict.

Refugee inflows from the Myanmar war are inflaming longstanding ethnic conflicts in India and Bangladesh.

Despite Operation 1027, odds of a breakthrough remain slim as the Myanmar civil war enters its third year.