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20-11-2023, 10:58 PM
On Nov 13, a new wave of attacks kicked off in Rakhine state. Simultaneous sieges were also reported in parts of Sagaing, Chin, Mon, Kachin and Kayin states.
What motivated the attacks?
Operation 1027 is widely viewed as a campaign to end military rule, two years after the junta unseated a democratically elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and triggered a bloody crackdown on dissent.
But the primary impetus is territorial disputes, according to armed conflict observer Amara Thiha from the Norway-based Peace Research Institute Oslo. He said each of the ethnic armies in the alliance had its own agenda, from seizing control of land to expanding influence on trade routes. "When you wage a war, you need some kind of political justification," Mr Amara Thiha said. "And currently, the most acceptable one is to work on the cause of ending military dictatorship and rule."
Other observers like Jason Tower, Myanmar country director at the United States Institute of Peace, believe Operation 1027 has China's fingerprints over it. In an interview with the US-funded Radio Free Asia news agency, he noted that one of the Brotherhood Alliance's justifications for its offensive was to take down scam syndicates and free victims of human trafficking. This has been a major bugbear of Chinese authorities and exactly what Beijing had been calling on the junta to address in the months prior, said Mr Tower.
Observers like Jason Tower, Myanmar country director at the United States Institute of Peace, believe Operation 1027 has China's fingerprints over it. In an interview with the US-funded Radio Free Asia news agency, Mr Tower noted that one of the Brotherhood Alliance's justifications for its offensive was to take down scam syndicates and free victims of human trafficking. This has been a major bugbear of Chinese authorities and exactly what Beijing had been calling on the junta to address in the months prior, said Mr Tower.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/mya...ce-3933466
What motivated the attacks?
Operation 1027 is widely viewed as a campaign to end military rule, two years after the junta unseated a democratically elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and triggered a bloody crackdown on dissent.
But the primary impetus is territorial disputes, according to armed conflict observer Amara Thiha from the Norway-based Peace Research Institute Oslo. He said each of the ethnic armies in the alliance had its own agenda, from seizing control of land to expanding influence on trade routes. "When you wage a war, you need some kind of political justification," Mr Amara Thiha said. "And currently, the most acceptable one is to work on the cause of ending military dictatorship and rule."
Other observers like Jason Tower, Myanmar country director at the United States Institute of Peace, believe Operation 1027 has China's fingerprints over it. In an interview with the US-funded Radio Free Asia news agency, he noted that one of the Brotherhood Alliance's justifications for its offensive was to take down scam syndicates and free victims of human trafficking. This has been a major bugbear of Chinese authorities and exactly what Beijing had been calling on the junta to address in the months prior, said Mr Tower.
Observers like Jason Tower, Myanmar country director at the United States Institute of Peace, believe Operation 1027 has China's fingerprints over it. In an interview with the US-funded Radio Free Asia news agency, Mr Tower noted that one of the Brotherhood Alliance's justifications for its offensive was to take down scam syndicates and free victims of human trafficking. This has been a major bugbear of Chinese authorities and exactly what Beijing had been calling on the junta to address in the months prior, said Mr Tower.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/mya...ce-3933466
