{"id":3279,"date":"2025-10-15T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:08:17","slug":"myanmars-spring-revolution-a-prolonged-stalemate-demands-global-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/10\/15\/myanmars-spring-revolution-a-prolonged-stalemate-demands-global-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar\u2019s Spring Revolution: A Prolonged Stalemate Demands Global Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Credit: James Shwe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myanmar\u2019s conflict has now hardened into a grinding stalemate. Despite battlefield losses and domestic discontent, the junta remains entrenched\u2014propped up by powerful external backers who continue to fuel its war machine. The message is clear: there will be no quick or easy end. The world must act decisively, not only to ease human suffering but also to stop those who empower tyranny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this analysis, several urgent actions are evident:
\u2022 Fully fund humanitarian aid<\/strong> and ensure safe, unhindered access across conflict lines to save lives now.
\u2022 Enforce a genuine arms and aviation-fuel embargo<\/strong>, and strengthen targeted sanctions to halt attacks on civilians.
\u2022 Impose secondary sanctions<\/strong> on foreign enablers supplying weapons, drones, finance, or technology to the junta\u2014particularly those linked to Chinese and Russian state or commercial networks.
\u2022 Sever the junta\u2019s rare-earth and energy lifelines<\/strong> by blocking purchases and escrowing payments from extractive and cross-border energy projects that provide it with hard currency.
\u2022 Ban lobbying and PR for the junta<\/strong> in democratic countries, and penalize firms that whitewash its crimes or facilitate international legitimacy.
\u2022 Reject sham elections<\/strong> and coordinate diplomatic efforts to deny recognition until there are credible protections for civilians and genuine conditions for dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations notes, \u201cMyanmar\u2019s junta forces are gaining back ground, presaging a long-term quagmire.\u201d<\/em> Despite years of resistance, the regime\u2019s gradual resurgence and the international community\u2019s divided stance threaten to prolong suffering indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the years since the Myanmar military launched a coup<\/a> in February 2021, the junta clearly expected to quickly crush all opposition. At least at first, it had superior resources and did not face a unified coalition counterforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the regime\u2019s forces had until recently consistently lost<\/a> ground, economic resources, and hearts and minds to the loose coalition of opposition forces. Junta forces, which rely on conscription of young men, have been beaten<\/a> by guerilla forces but they also have lost open, pitched battles, and have suffered massive defections among both low-ranking soldiers and some officers. Today, the junta controls only about 20 percent<\/a> of the country\u2019s land, while opposition  forces control about double<\/a> that amount of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more: Joshua Kurlantzick, CFR Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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