Relevant Reports and Articles
Curated readings on Myanmar's political, security, and economic landscape
Updated: July 2026
POLITICS
── 2026 ──
Al Jazeera — March 27, 2026
Who is Fighting in Myanmar's Multi-Front Civil War?
International Crisis Group — June 2026
Myanmar's New Administration: Military Consolidation, Not Transition
The Irrawaddy — 2026
Looking Ahead to 2026: What Lies Ahead for Myanmar
The Irrawaddy — 2026
In Myanmar, Diplomats Are Being Trapped Inside a Disquieting Bubble
The Irrawaddy — 2026
From Foreign Policy Drift to Diplomatic Freefall in Myanmar
── 2025 ──
International Crisis Group — 2025
Myanmar's Dangerous Drift: Conflict, Elections and Looming Regional Détente
The Diplomat — December 2025
Myanmar's Military Prepares to Enact Its Election Plan
The Irrawaddy — December 2025
Myanmar's Quagmire: 2025 in Review
ISP Myanmar — 2025–2026
The State of Myanmar: Annual Strategic Review and Foresight 2025–2026
Al Jazeera — January 4, 2025
Q&A: Leader of Myanmar's Shadow Government Talks Civil War Strategy in 2025
── 2024 ──
DVB — November 20, 2024
Myanmar Civil War: New Season, New Breakthroughs?
BHRN / Progressive Voice — November 7, 2024
Pyu Saw Htee and Pro-Junta Thugs
New Mandala — September 18, 2024
Ethnonationalism and Myanmar's Future
David Brenner
The New York Times — April 22, 2024
What's Happening in Myanmar's Civil War?
PKF Forum — April 2024
When Compliance Does Harm — New Briefing Paper
Wilson Center — April 2024
US Policy on Myanmar for 2024 and Beyond
Luca Myers
War on the Rocks — March 27, 2024
Mismanaging the Unmanageable: China Tries to Play All Sides in Myanmar's Metastasizing Civil War
Lucas Myers
Frontier Myanmar — March 2024
Escaping Constitutional Purgatory
Ben Dunant and Rachel Moon
The Irrawaddy — February 8, 2024
Three Years After Myanmar's Coup, China Emerges the Winner
NUG Myanmar — January 30, 2024
Joint Position Statement by Allied Organisations Engaged in Revolutionary Struggle
Frontier Myanmar — January 17, 2024
Revolution or Rollback? Hluttaws Convene in Myanmar
The Irrawaddy — January 12, 2024
Only Assurances of Self-Determination Can Prevent Myanmar From Shattering
June N.S.
The Irrawaddy — January 10, 2024
The Future Myanmar: Some Assembly Required
David I. Steinberg
The Irrawaddy — January 4, 2024
Beyond Operation 1027: A New Mandala Order Needed in Myanmar
Htet Min Lwin and Thiha Wint Aung
── 2023 ──
Council on Foreign Relations — November 30, 2023
The Myanmar Army Could Actually Collapse — But Are the United States and Other Powers Ready?
The Diplomat — November 22, 2023
Myanmar's NUG Needs to Win the Peace
David Hutt
The Irrawaddy — November 6, 2023
Has China Lost Control of Ethnic Armies in Myanmar's War-Torn Borderland?
Transnational Institute — October 15, 2023
The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar: Time for Reflection and New Solutions
IISS — August 7, 2023
What China's Growing Involvement Means for Myanmar's Conflict
LSE South Asia Centre — March 13, 2023
Frontier Myanmar — February 20, 2023
A 'Political Game': Shanni and Kachin Armed Groups at Loggerheads
DEFENSE & MILITARY
── 2026 ──
Asia Times — April 2026
New Resistance Alliance Built to Win Myanmar's Civil War
── 2025 ──
IISS Myanmar Conflict Map — February 2025
Crossing the Rubicon: Are Myanmar's Ethnic Armies Prepared to Go All In?
IISS — 2025
IISS — Armed Conflict Survey 2025
Armed Conflict Survey 2025: Asia — Myanmar Chapter
ACLED — 2025
Decisive Year Ahead for Resistance Groups in Myanmar as They Threaten New Territories
ACLED — 2025
Ahead of Elections, Myanmar's Military Capitalizes on Foreign Support to Divide the Resistance
Al Jazeera — December 27, 2025
What's Happening in Myanmar's Civil War as Military Stages Elections?
── 2024 ──
The Diplomat — November 18, 2024
China, Myanmar to Establish Joint Security Company, Reports Say
Sebastian Strangio
Asia Times — November 5, 2024
Myanmar PDFs Face a Closing Window of Opportunity
Anthony Davis
C4ADS — May 9, 2024
Faulty Transmission: The Myanmar Junta's Reliance on Global Military Truck Supply Chains
USIP — May 8, 2024
Rohingya Face Fresh Uncertainty in Myanmar
The Irrawaddy — February 15, 2024
Myanmar Youth Exodus Feared in Wake of Junta's Conscription Law
Frontier Myanmar — February 6, 2024
'The Military is in Chaos': Cracks in the Support Base
Myanmar Now — January 29, 2024
Three Years On, Myanmar's Military Remains on the Road to Ruin
Frontier Myanmar — January 19, 2024
'Worst Leader': Military's Winter of Discontent
── 2023 ──
IISS — December 2023
Is Myanmar's Regime at Risk of Collapse?
Mizzima — December 14, 2023
Out of the Hills: The War is Coming to Myanmar's Cities
The Irrawaddy — December 8, 2023
Desperate to End War in North, Battered Myanmar Junta Begs China for Help
Asia Times — November 15, 2023
No Good Options for Myanmar's Mortally Wounded Regime
Anthony Davis
The Irrawaddy — November 2, 2023
Seven Key Points About Myanmar Ethnic Alliance's 'Operation 1027'
The Diplomat — October 31, 2023
'Operation 1027': A Turning Point for Myanmar's Resistance Struggle?
Asia Times — October 29, 2023
Fog of War: Myanmar's Armed Conflict is Not a Stalemate
The Irrawaddy — August 17, 2023
Reappraising Myanmar Military Statecraft
David Scott Mathieson
Reuters — August 4, 2023
Myanmar Poet Turned Rebel Leader Seeks New Territory; Worries About 'Ephemeral Revolutionaries'
IISS — July 2023
Junta Tactics Shift in Myanmar's War-Torn Dry Zone
ISP Myanmar — February 9, 2023
Clashes and Martial Law Townships in the Past Two Years
── 2022 ──
Fulcrum (ISEAS) — April 18, 2022
An Unexpected Stillness in the Heart of Wartime Myanmar
Mary Callahan
Fulcrum (ISEAS) — February 9, 2022
Myanmar's Dry Zone: The History of a Tinderbox
Mary Callahan
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
── 2026 ──
The Irrawaddy — 2026
Myanmar Junta Boss's Budget Built on Economic Fantasy
The Irrawaddy — 2026
Global Union Urges Sanctions on Myanmar Regime Over Labor Abuses
World Bank — FY2025/26 Projection
Myanmar GDP Contracted 2.0% in FY2025/26; Earthquake Compounds Economic Challenges
── 2025 ──
World Bank — June 2025
Myanmar Economic Monitor: Economic Aftershocks
World Bank — June 12, 2025
Earthquake Compounds Myanmar's Economic Challenges
World Bank — October 2025
Myanmar Poverty and Equity Brief
── 2024 ──
VOA — November 18, 2024
Myanmar's Sweeping Internet Blackouts Drive Rebels, Medics, Scammers to Satellite Service
Myanmar Now — November 13, 2024
Myanmar Garment Makers Forced to Exchange Export Earnings at Junta-Imposed Rate
UNDP — November 7, 2024
Rakhine: A Famine in the Making
ISP Myanmar — October 29, 2024
The Terror Twins of Climate and Conflict
The Irrawaddy — October 28, 2024
China's Export Ban is Causing Shortages of Medicine, Fuel, and Food in Myanmar
ISP Myanmar — October 8, 2024
Border Trade Routes: Old, New, and Potentials
USIP — July 11, 2024
How Myanmar's Central Bank Facilitates the Junta's Oppression
Reuters — June 12, 2024
Myanmar Poverty Deepens, Economic Growth Stagnant, World Bank Says
The Irrawaddy — March 4, 2024
Myanmar's Economic Crisis Likely to Deepen as Latest Dollar Rule Kicks In
Modern Diplomacy — February 13, 2024
Will Extended Sanctions and Banking Restrictions Force Myanmar's Junta to Change Course?
Vaishali Basu Sharma
The Irrawaddy — February 8, 2024
Post-Coup Myanmar is a Family Business: Min Aung Hlaing & Co
David Aung
The Irrawaddy — February 6, 2024
Myanmar's Post-Coup Economic Crisis in Numbers
── 2023 ──
UN News — December 2023
Myanmar Overtakes Afghanistan as World's Top Opium Producer
Stimson Center — October 11, 2023
Many Sanctions, Few Friends: Junta Grapples with its Grip on Power
Stimson Center — September 20, 2023
The National Unity Government's Revenue Denial Strategy
The Irrawaddy — August 21, 2023
Myanmar Junta's Central Bank Had $6.8 Billion in Reserves at 14 International Banks
Nikkei / Asia Financial — August 9, 2023
UOB to Cut Ties With Myanmar Banks
The Irrawaddy — April 2023
Myanmar Junta Increases Military Budget to US$2.7 Billion
FACTS & FIGURES
── 2026 ──
UNOCHA — March 9, 2026
Myanmar Humanitarian Update No. 51
3.6 million people displaced; over 16 million requiring humanitarian assistance
── 2025 ──
UNOCHA — 2025/2026
Myanmar Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026
US$890 million appeal; 4.9 million people targeted; only 26% of 2025 plan funded
UNOCHA — May 23, 2025
Myanmar Humanitarian Update No. 46
UNOCHA — February 19, 2025
Myanmar Humanitarian Update No. 44
ISP Myanmar — 2025–2026
The State of Myanmar: Annual Strategic Review and Foresight
Comprehensive annual assessment of political, security, and economic conditions
── 2024 ──
DVB (Burmese) — November 20, 2024
Data for Myanmar — November 14, 2024
AAPP Burma — November 1, 2024
ISP Myanmar — October 24, 2024
Budalin Tragedy and Further Atrocities Committed by the SAC
UNOCHA — April 2024
Myanmar Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2024
ND Burma — February 9, 2024
Human Rights Situation Weekly Update (February 1–7, 2024)
DVB Special (Burmese) — February 2, 2024
── 2023 ──
Karenni Human Rights Group — October 2023
Quarterly Briefer — Volume 2, Issue 3
The Irrawaddy — August 10, 2023
Almost 75,000 Homes Incinerated by Junta Forces in Myanmar Since the Coup
Data for Myanmar — August 2023
Burned Homes: A 'Campaign of Terror' in Myanmar — ~74,874 civilian houses burned as of July 31, 2023
AAPP Burma — Ongoing
Political Prisoner Documentation and Human Rights Monitoring