EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026 · 48 MIN
Resistance In-fighting Amid Election Results
from What's Happening in Myanmar
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 intra-resistance infighting and the China-scam dynamic in regime politics. Email the show at [email protected] 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
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