Thomas Kean
Director and Editor-at-Large at Frontier Myanmar
Director/editor-at-large at Frontier Myanmar and senior consultant with International Crisis Group
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1 week ago |
en.prothomalo.com | Thomas Kean
Opinion Bangladesh faces a growing threat that could undo years of diplomatic and humanitarian efforts on one of its top foreign policy priorities: resolving the Rohingya refugee crisis. The million plus refugees in Cox’s Bazar face worsening living conditions, squeezed by aid cuts and barred from earning a living. Armed groups operating inside the camps are recruiting frustrated and desperate young men with promises of returning to Myanmar through armed struggle over the border.
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Feb 4, 2025 |
mdpi.com | McKenzie Brandt |Jason Malone |Thomas Kean
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Aug 20, 2024 |
insidestory.org.au | Thomas Kean
To borrow from Hemingway, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s downfall this month, after fifteen years of increasingly iron-fisted rule, came about in two ways: gradually, then suddenly. All the signs of the brewing discontent were there. After coming to power in 2009, Hasina quickly established an implicit contract with both the Bangladesh people and the country’s foreign partners.
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Aug 12, 2024 |
almendron.com | Thomas Kean
The remarkable downfall of Bangladesh’s leader Sheikh Hasina was shocking in its speed, but the prime minister’s hasty escape to India as angry protesters converged on her Dhaka residence on Aug. 5 was not a total surprise. The signs of deep rot have been clear for several years. Bangladesh’s “economic miracle”, which lifted so many out of extreme poverty, was beginning to sour.
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Aug 11, 2024 |
qoshe.com | Thomas Kean
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RT @ChiefAdviserGoB: Bangladesh’s Interim Government has vowed to hold elections on schedule, refusing to delay the vote for any demands, C…
A visual explainer from the @CrisisGroup team of the Arakan Army's war in western #Myanmar. Having seized control of much of the state, the group now faces huge challenges making its territory viable in the face of regime airstrikes and blockades. https://t.co/OFSnYW4Edj
Excellent analysis of the challenges and dilemmas that ascendant ethnic armed groups face in #Myanmar.
New report asks what's next for Myanmar's ethnic armies now in control of the borderlands. Military victories haven't brought stability and there's no clear way to remedy this. More pressure on the centre won't necessarily push the regime to the table. https://t.co/1jzB7zLx0c