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France 24: Bloody crackdown: Can Myanmar junta shoot its way out of crisis?

Already, Myanmar's Armed Forces Day 2021 will be go down as a day of infamy. Security forces on Sunday went and opened fire on a funeral.

Can the junta get away with its February First coup by shooting its way out of the crisis? What more can the international community do?

After targeted sanctions against regime big wigs, how to squeeze the businesses that make money for the military or at least not be complicit in their enrichment?

We ask about the US suspending a trade deal with Myanmar. Will those measures help or hurt?

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 30, 2021

The geopolitics of Myanmar’s black swan coup -- Michael Vatikiotis, Asia Times

India's Dangerous Myanmar Policy -- Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat

Americans fear China over Russia -- Roger Zakheim and Rachel Hoff, The Hill

China sets sights on Middle East with Iran co-operation deal -- Jeremy Bowen, BBC

What is behind China and Iran’s ‘strategic’ deal? -- Al Jazeera

Records expose China’s maritime militia at Whitsun Reef -- Foreign Policy

The EU Is Unprepared for a Taiwan Crisis -- David Hutt, Internationale Politik Quarterly

The Return of German Politics -- Joschka Fischer, Prokect Syndicate

Analysis: Under political attack, Brazil's Bolsonaro goes on the offensive -- Stephen Eisenhammer and Eduardo Simões, Reuters

In Depth: Sudan and Ethiopias' Border Conflict Intensifies -- Faisal Ali, Fletcher Forum

Suez crisis creates winners and losers in the global supply chain -- Al Jazeera Suez

Canal blockage could alter shipping forever…and China and Russia will be the winners -- Tom Fowdy, RT

‘All about physics’: How the Ever Given was finally refloated -- France 24

President Donald Trump waves from a car as he drives past supporters in West Palm Beach, Florida, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Tho Bishop, Mises Institute: Trump's Potential Legacy: 50 Million+ Enemies of the State

Well, they finally got Donald Trump. But he sure scared the bejesus out of them. It took a massive five-year campaign of hysteria, of fear and hate, orchestrated by all wings of the Ruling Elite, from the respectable right to the activist left. The irony, of course, is that the last actions of Trump’s presidency highlighted how little of a threat he, as an individual, truly was to the deep corruption in America’s government. Lil Wayne may be free, but figures like Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, and Ross Ulbricht are not. The Fed’s big fat bubble has only gotten larger as Wall Street has thrived, while American workers continue to be "discriminated against."

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 21, 2021

Who’s who in the Biden administration -- Al Jazeera

Biden's No. 1 priority: Stop the spread of the coronavirus -- Richardo Alonso-Zaldivar, CSM/Associated Press

What might Biden's US-Africa policy look like -- Cai Nebe, DW

Analysis: Biden faces a more confident China after US chaos -- Ken Moritsugu, AP

No sign yet Biden seeks a honeymoon with China -- Jeff Pao, Asia Times

Could Tony Blinken Start a Crisis with North Korea? -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

Don’t expect Biden to reenter the Iran nuclear deal right away -- Alex Ward, VOX

How to revive the Iran nuclear deal -- Chuck Hagel and Catherine Ashton, The Hill

The Case Against the Iran Deal -- The Atlantic

For Pakistan, India's Nukes Aren't the Problem. Its Everything Else. -- Kyle Mizokami, National Interest