Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), ...

BATTLE LINES are changing quickly in Myanmar. Resistance forces—comprising hundreds of factions, many with competing aims—have won a series of victories over the army, which controls the government.

A civil war in Myanmar has displaced millions, killed or maimed thousands more and left the country in poverty. Now China is flexing its muscle to protect interests in the region. Myanmar, the country ...

The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia. The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, ...