A man watching smoke rising from the direction of a Burma military base in Lashio township, northern Shan State on Nov. 7, 2023. Almost 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Burma after an alliance of ethnic armed groups launched an offensive against the military two weeks ago, the United Nations said on Nov. 10. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Burma (also known as Myanmar) is a failed state, which suits China just fine.
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).