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BERTIL LINTNER'S ARTICLES

Welcome to the new Asia Pacific Media Services website! Through this new platform, we hope to provide access to an extensive archive of articles, papers, and books written by Bertil Lintner over the past 50 years.

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Jun 8, 2026

Regime's Renewed Lobbying Drive Tests Shifting US Policy Under Trump
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May 6, 2026

Beijing, Not Yunnan, Has Always Driven Chinese Support for Myanmar Insurgents
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Apr 6, 2026

Myanmar’s new president: Does he have what it takes?
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Mar 24, 2026

Middle East wars only increase Myanmar’s strategic value for China
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Feb 5, 2026

Covering Myanmar elections: A record of broken promises
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Dec 18, 2025

Human Stories From Myanmar's Cold War Frontier
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Dec 1, 2025

Myanmar's Meaningless Elections Draw Near
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Oct 3, 2025

Son of Suu Kyi speaks out on icon mother’s military detention
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Sep 3, 2025

China Plumps Squarely for Myanmar Junta
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Aug 20, 2025

The Myanmar Military's PR Offensives
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Jul 2, 2025

Yet Another Peace Ploy from Myanmar’s Junta
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Jun 2, 2025

Some Bitter Truths About What the Junta’s Election Will Mean for Myanmar
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Apr 23, 2025

Earthquake Has Strengthened China’s Hand in Myanmar
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Mar 12, 2025

Will Trump Seek to Engage With the Myanmar Junta?
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Feb 24, 2025

Tracing China’s Long Entanglement in Myanmar
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Jan 21, 2025

China and the Wars in Myanmar
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Jan 13, 2025

ChinaWatch | Beijing's road to ruin
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Sep 1, 2024

Wishful Thinking on Myanmar Won’t Lead to Change
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Aug 14, 2024

Ties Between Warmongering Regimes in Myanmar, Russia as Cozy as Ever
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Jul 9, 2024

The Future of Myanmar: Ethnic Diversity or Ethnic Strife?
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May 31, 2024

New Cold War proxy conflict brewing in Myanmar
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Apr 1, 2024

Foreign Peacemakers Are Back, But the Last Thing Myanmar Needs is More ‘White Messiahs’
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Jan 8, 2024

Book Review: Assamese Journalist Shines Light on One of Asia’s Murkiest Conflicts
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Dec 1, 2023

North Korea's Link to Hamas
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Oct 3, 2023

Singapore and Indonesia in Spotlight Over Illegal Arms Exports to Myanmar
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Sep 1, 2023

ASEAN’s Increasing Irrelevance Highlighted over Myanmar
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Jul 17, 2023

‘Broken Tooth’: The Face of Chinese Investment in Myanmar
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Jun 23, 2023

What Is China Really Up to in the Coco Islands?
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May 29, 2023

What a New Thai Government Could Mean for Myanmar
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Apr 17, 2023

Myanmar’s Dictators Have Always Relied on a Brutal Secret Police Force
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Mar 13, 2023

Myanmar’s Ruling Generals Trapped in Warrior King Mentality
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Feb 7, 2023

Austrian-Born Shan Princess Inge Eberhard Dies
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Jan 23, 2023

Myanmar’s Russia reliance a dangerous double-edged sword
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Jan 9, 2023

China’s seeing-eye cameras shield and prop Myanmar’s generals
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Dec 22, 2022

Myanmar’s Generals Could be Brought to Justice in Indonesia
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Nov 28, 2022

Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle
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Oct 21, 2022

Not just Nehru, China's 1962 war on India also a counter to Mao's secrets
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Jul 19, 2022

Myanmar Military’s Long History of Electoral Fraud
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Jun 30, 2022

Thailand’s Special Envoy Risks Becoming a Tool of Myanmar Junta
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May 4, 2022

Russia’s War in Ukraine Poses Problems for Myanmar Military
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Apr 4, 2022

Annihilation over compromise for Myanmar’s generals
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Mar 23, 2022

Myanmar, North Korea on a new missile-making mission
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Mar 1, 2022

One Year Later, Myanmar’s Tragedy Is Still Playing Out
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Feb 22, 2022

Myanmar Junta Turns to China for Help Policing Internet Use
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Feb 7, 2022

UN Contributing to Myanmar’s Drug Problem
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Jan 27, 2022

Myanmar junta in toys-for-the-boys weaponry splurge
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Jan 24, 2022

New US Diplomatic Complex in Thailand Aimed at China and Myanmar
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Jan 18, 2022

Rebel yell: Arakan Army leader speaks to Asia Times
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Jan 5, 2022

Russia arming up China's New Cold War rivals
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Dec 22, 2021

Myanmar’s Society Has Been Transformed Over the Last Decade
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Jun 1, 2026

China Is Pulling Many Strings with Its Myanmar Policy
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Apr 20, 2026

Laying Myths About Myanmar’s 2021 Coup to Rest
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Apr 2, 2026

Book Review: Examining the role of women in Kachin resistance
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Feb 11, 2026

Want to break the scam centers? Follow the money
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Jan 29, 2026

Myanmar’s Sad Election Spectacle
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Dec 2, 2025

Siege Mentality: Why Myanmar’s Generals Still Trust No One
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Nov 7, 2025

A Look Back at Myanmar’s Checkered Election History
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Sep 30, 2025

Studies of Diplomacy at Opposite Ends of the Scale
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Aug 24, 2025

A man, a plan, an electoral sham in Myanmar
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Aug 5, 2025

Shattered Lands: How Empire's Collapse Shaped Asia
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Jun 6, 2025

Will Myanmar’s Military Replace Its Embattled Leader?
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Jun 1, 2025

China’s Gains in Myanmar after the Earthquake
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Apr 7, 2025

Global Response to Myanmar Earthquake Shines Light on Strategic Rivalries
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Mar 1, 2025

Big-Power Games in the Indian Ocean
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Feb 12, 2025

Trump’s retreat leaves Myanmar wholly to China
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Jan 17, 2025

US, China and Diego Garcia’s suddenly uncertain future
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Sep 9, 2024

Making Sense of the Mess in Myanmar’s Shan State
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Aug 26, 2024

Is Myanmar Junta Turning to Russia’s Wagner as Relations With China Sour?
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Jul 12, 2024

The Difference Between Chinese and Western Peace Efforts in Myanmar
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Jun 1, 2024

How China Uses Informal Exports of Weapons to Isolate Xinjiang
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May 20, 2024

A Compelling Chronicle of Myanmar’s Rich Cinematic History
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Mar 14, 2024

Why Shan State’s Formidable Armies Have Shunned the Fight Against Myanmar’s Junta
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Dec 4, 2023

Putting the Myanmar Military’s Recent Losses in Perspective
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Nov 6, 2023

Has China Lost Control of Ethnic Armies in Myanmar’s War-Torn Borderland?
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Sep 15, 2023

US Spy Memoir Perpetuates Myths About Myanmar Military’s ‘Anti-Drug’ Efforts
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Aug 29, 2023

Myanmar and the Death of ASEAN
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Jun 29, 2023

The Mirage of the ‘United Front’ in Myanmar
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Jun 8, 2023

Trailblazing Account Captures Complexities of Northeast Myanmar’s UWSA
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May 8, 2023

Uprisings in Myanmar: Then and Now
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Apr 10, 2023

Myanmar’s Borderlands are Home to Myths and Conflicts Rooted in Misunderstandings
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Mar 1, 2023

China’s Aggressive Return to Myanmar
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Jan 30, 2023

Will Myanmar’s Brutal Military Remain United?
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Jan 18, 2023

Kokang: Caught Between Myanmar and China
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Jan 5, 2023

Myanmar Regime Learning From China’s Expertise at Media Manipulation
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Dec 13, 2022

Myanmar’s Generals: The Banality of Evil
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Oct 21, 2022

Not just Nehru, China’s 1962 war on India also a counter to Mao’s secrets
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Jul 26, 2022

Myanmar Military’s Long History of Executing its Enemies
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Jul 1, 2022

A marriage of convenience
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May 5, 2022

US Drug and Arms Arrests Smear Myanmar Ethnic Armed Organization
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Apr 19, 2022

Myanmar’s de-dollarization looks like financial suicide
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Mar 25, 2022

Japan’s ‘Special Relationship’ With Myanmar Has Abetted Decades of Military Rule
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Mar 22, 2022

Russia’s war means fewer arms for Myanmar
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Feb 24, 2022

Tatmadaw fighting a losing war in Myanmar
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Feb 12, 2022

China’s submarine diplomacy reaching deep and wide
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Feb 1, 2022

Coup anniversary marks cruel reversal in Myanmar
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Jan 27, 2022

Myanmar junta in toys-for-the-boys weaponry splurge
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Jan 20, 2022

Rise of Rakhine Rebels Poses Challenge for Myanmar Junta
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Jan 12, 2022

Is Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing losing his grip?
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Dec 24, 2021

China showing Myanmar junta how to firewall the internet
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Dec 10, 2021

India’s Dilemma Over Ties With Myanmar Military
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