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ANDREW SELTH<\/a>\u00a0 |<\/p>\n

Since October 2016, when militants from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked three border police posts in Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine State, developments in that part of the world have dominated the headlines. Denied access to western Myanmar, most reporters have focussed on the plight of the 600,000 or more Muslim Rohingyas who are now living in\u00a0squalid refugee camps<\/a>\u00a0in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Given the nature of the crisis,\u00a0described by the UN<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018a humanitarian and human rights nightmare\u2019, and \u2018the largest mass refugee movement in the region for decades\u2019, the flood of reports about the Rohingyas in the news media and online is understandable. However, a few important issues have slipped through the cracks and demand closer attention.<\/p>\n

There have been passing references in news stories to the \u2018area clearance operations\u2019 conducted by Myanmar\u2019s armed forces (Tatmadaw) and police force, and countless reports of specific incidents, but few observers have stepped back and tried to examine the broad strategy being pursued by the security forces in northern Rakhine state. Yet\u00a0without an understanding of their long term military and political goals,\u00a0it is difficult to look beyond current problems and anticipate future challenges.<\/p>\n

It is widely acknowledged that Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s government, while hardly blameless, has little control over the security forces, which seem to be pursuing an agenda of their own. However, what that agenda might be, and the thinking behind it, are difficult to determine. Broadly speaking, four schools of thought have emerged to explain military operations in Rakhine State. They range from the plausible to the improbable.<\/p>\n

Please click here to read the full \u201cThe Rohingya crisis and Myanmar’s military responses<\/a>\u201d article in the Lowy Interpreter by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Associate Professor, Dr Andrew Selth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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