{"id":5798,"date":"2019-05-08T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2023-08-07T07:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:26:37","slug":"myanmar-pariah-status-no-bar-to-defence-modernisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/myanmar-pariah-status-no-bar-to-defence-modernisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar: Pariah status no bar to defence modernisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/andrew-selth\/\">ANDREW SELTH<\/a>\u00a0 | <\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>Despite criticisms, sanctions and embargoes, Myanmar\u00a0is strengthening military ties with neighbours and friends.<\/h4>\n<p>It has been more than two years since military \u201cclearance operations\u201d against Myanmar\u2019s Rohingyas began in October 2016. Since then, the international community has relied on public criticism, unilateral sanctions and a range of measures in the United Nations and International Criminal Court to hold Myanmar\u2019s government and armed forces (known as the Tatmadaw) accountable for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s political and military leaders have refused to acknowledge the crimes committed in Rakhine State,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/01\/prosecute-myanmar-army-chief-rohingya-genocide-envoy-190125112535665.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described<\/a>\u00a0by UN officials as ethnic cleansing, if not genocide. As it has done so often in the past, Naypyidaw seems to be relying on the weakness of the international system and the passage of time to escape any serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p>From the lack of effective measures taken against Myanmar to date, this strategy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r2pasiapacific.org\/files\/3292\/AsiaPacificOutlookV11%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seems<\/a>\u00a0to be working.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/myanmar-pariah-status-no-bar-defence-modernisation\">Myanmar: Pariah status no bar to defence modernisation<\/a>&#8221; article published at The Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Professor Andrew Selth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDREW SELTH\u00a0 | Despite criticisms, sanctions and embargoes, Myanmar\u00a0is strengthening military ties with neighbours and friends. 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