Interview

Q&A: ‘This is the first time we’ve found a link’

Rob Hunter-Perkins, of Conflict Armament Research, talks to Frontier about the discovery of a motor sourced from a Myanmar company in an Iranian drone recovered near the Iraq-Syria border in 2023.

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Q&A: ‘You don’t know what’s going to come next’

Thai academic Dr Lalita Hanwong, who specialises in Myanmar affairs, talks to Frontier about how the new governments in Thailand and Myanmar might approach their diplomatic relations.

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Q&A: ‘Policies will have to change’

Economic analyst U Thet Zaw talks to Frontier about trade restrictions imposed last month by the military regime, and how they are leading to shortages and steep increases in the price of consumer goods.

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Q&A: ‘Civilians should never be targeted’

Mon Unity Party spokesperson Nai Than Shwe talks to Frontier about strategic and security challenges the party is facing in preparing for the upcoming election organised by the regime.

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Win Htein: 'We are offering change'

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Win Htein: ‘We are offering change’

A member of the National League for Democracy since its inception in 1988, U Win Htein believes his is the only party that can bring genuine change to Myanmar.

BY Oliver Slow

SNDP chairman Sai Aik Pao: 'If you want to be president, you need our support'

The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party is contesting 211 seats in the November 8 election – 79 at Union level and 132 at state and regional level — and is fielding the most candidates after the Union Solidarity and Development Party and the National League for Democracy.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

SNDP chairman Sai Aik Pao: ‘If you want to be president, you need our support’

As the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party gears up for the 2015 election, Frontier interviews party chairman Sai Aik Pao at his home in Taunggyi.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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