National Unity Government (NUG)

Three trends that offer a fuller and more accurate picture of the state of the country's civil war.

The National Unity Government is bereft of any meaningful external support while the junta has been well assisted by its fellow authoritarians since the 2021 coup.

The NUG has issued a directive against engaging children in combat operations. Some groups that are not its affiliates continue to deploy children as fighters.

The call came as the death toll from last week's airstrike on Kanbalu township rose to 168.

Gender inclusion transcends mere equality.

The military says things are under control, while the resistance insists total victory is just around the corner. But the state of the battlefield suggests otherwise.

In the wake of World War II, the world made a promise "never again" to stand aloof from mass atrocities. That commitment is on the line in Myanmar.

The country is in the grips of a nationwide struggle between two groups, neither of which is in any frame of mind to seek a peaceful political solution.

Western financial aid to the opposition movement could help unify the anti-junta resistance, and even tip the balance in its favor.

In defiance of prevailing patriarchal norms, young women are playing instrumental roles in the country's “Spring Revolution."

From 2015-2020, Myanmar seemed on the cusp of a meaningful transformation. Then the coup set the country back decades.