Resistance in-fighting amid election results

2026-02-20 - 12:06

With Jason Tower, senior expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. This fortnight on episode 64 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military publishes full results for its pre-determined election, military appointees are assigned to parliament, the USDP negotiates with the regime on the make-up of government, and we discuss resistance infighting and the China-scam dynamic in regime politics. Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me Timecodes— (00:00) Opening (02:22) Election results and appointees (05:03) With Jason Tower, the Chinese New Year statements (18:26) The scam industry (39:49) Myanmar’s warlord period (46:44) Close Our guests— Jason Tower, senior expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. New on the Frontier website: The poverty of ‘conflict studies’ in Myanmar In the shadow of conflict, a gold rush erupts on the Chindwin River ‘We survive one day at a time’: The resistance holds on to Mawdaung Holding the line in Mawdaung Referenced this episode: Untangling Scam Kingpins’ Ties to the Chinese Government