Organizer: The Stimson Center

Description:

As fighting drags on against Myanmar’s military, the resistance movement led by the National Unity Government (NUG) is seeking new avenues to tip the balance. The military junta is facing economic hardship at home and abroad, and increasingly key for the NUG is gaining an upper hand by leveraging its comparative economic advantages and exploiting the military junta’s vulnerabilities.

Join us to discuss one path forward for the NUG’s resistance movement. Dr. Zach Abuza, an expert on Southeast Asia and insurgencies, will discuss his recent Stimson policy paper outlining a roadmap ahead for Myanmar’s shadow government and the tactics outside observers should watch in this new phase of the war. Priscilla Clapp, senior advisor to the U.S. Institute of Peace and former chargé d’affaires in Yangon, will provide comments as discussant.

Speakers:

Zach Abuza, Professor, National War College, National Defense University

Priscilla Clapp, Senior Advisor, United States Institute of Peace

Moderator:

Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, East Asia Program, Stimson

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