With Thomas Kean, senior consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh with International Crisis Group. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Arakan Army tightens its noose and expands its buffer zone as soldiers defect in Kyaukphyu and Ngape, and we discuss Rohingya armed group organizing in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.

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Timecodes—

01m10s :: The Arakan Army’s dominant position05m23s :: With Tom Kean, Rohingya armed group organising17m46s :: Dire conditions in Bangladesh refugee camps31m31s :: Close

Our guests—

Thomas Kean, senior consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh with International Crisis Group

His new report with International Crisis Group

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