{"id":10039,"date":"2026-09-04T22:17:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2026-09-04T22:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:47:56","slug":"global-political-trends-and-the-myanmar-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2026\/09\/global-political-trends-and-the-myanmar-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Political Trends and the Myanmar Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 Scenes from <\/em>September 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(MoeMaKa), September 3, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Political Trends and the Myanmar Crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tensions between the world\u2019s major powers and their allies, ambitions for territorial expansion, competition for control over natural resources, and efforts to gain advantages in global trade are increasingly shaping today\u2019s international landscape. These rivalries are contributing to military conflicts, higher defense spending, rapid advances in military technology, the formation of new blocs, and the weakening or breakdown of existing alliances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the United Nations was established as a forum where disputes and wars between countries could be discussed and resolved. Nearly every country in the world eventually became a member, and for several decades the UN played an important role in reducing tensions and helping resolve international disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, roughly 80 years after its establishment, the United Nations appears increasingly unable to resolve even conflicts between countries that are not major powers. When disputes directly involve powerful states, its ability to intervene effectively is even more limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, the United Nations has been unable to mediate an end to the war that began with Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and continues with intense fighting between the two sides. Likewise, it has been unable to effectively intervene in the war involving Israel, the United States and Iran that erupted at the end of March this year, or in the consequences that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, both major and smaller countries increasingly appear to regard the United Nations primarily as an international organization dealing with areas such as culture, health and humanitarian assistance. When it comes to wars and conflicts between states\u2014and even civil wars, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity within individual countries\u2014governments and armed actors increasingly seem unwilling to give serious weight to UN intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the face of wars and the coercive behavior of militarily and economically powerful states toward weaker countries, the United Nations often appears capable of little more than issuing statements expressing concern, alarm or warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was once a time when the UN could play an important mediating role in crises involving the major powers. The Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s, when confrontation between two superpowers came dangerously close to war, belongs to that era. Today, such episodes are increasingly remembered as historical examples of a period when international diplomacy and institutions possessed greater influence. In other words, the UN\u2019s \u201cgolden age\u201d may have been left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against this background, it should perhaps not be surprising that the UN has been unable to stop or effectively mediate the Russia-Ukraine war, the conflict involving Iran and the United States and Israel, or the killing of civilians\u2014including women and children\u2014in Gaza, which has been characterized by some as genocide. Nor should it be surprising that the international body has failed to prevent civilian killings and alleged war crimes during Myanmar\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are living in a period when powerful states involved in wars, or in military operations driven partly by strategic interests and access to natural resources, can disregard the United Nations, cross the borders of sovereign states, launch attacks, or even capture national leaders. Under such circumstances, there appears to be increasingly little capacity for any international institution to persuade, restrain or discipline powerful actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These developments are part of a broader transformation in the international order that has unfolded over the past one or two decades and has become particularly visible in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From late 2025 to the present, reliance on military power has become even more pronounced. At the same time, there have been growing examples of governments disregarding international norms concerning national sovereignty and independence. In pursuit of access to natural resources or control over strategically important territories, powerful countries may be willing to pressure even states that have been their allies for decades. Military and economic pressure, sanctions and coercive measures are also increasingly being used against smaller and middle-ranking powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After World War II, the major Western powers helped construct an international order based broadly on a combination of capitalism and liberal political principles, together with norms and standards that countries were expected to observe. Today, however, countries are reassessing those standards while also reconsidering who should be regarded as friends, rivals and enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of a \u201cglobal village,\u201d in which countries depend economically on one another and cooperate collectively to protect the global environment, appears to be weakening. Even countries that maintained neutrality for generations and avoided involvement in wars are now strengthening their armed forces and preparing their populations for possible military service through training and other measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world increasingly resembles an environment of mutual fear and suspicion: countries fear one another, while former friends increasingly watch each other as potential adversaries. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the international system has entered such a period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, simply speaking about \u201cpeace\u201d is no longer enough. Instead, the idea of achieving peace through military strength is becoming increasingly influential\u2014the belief that a country must possess sufficiently powerful armed forces to deter others from attacking it. Governments are seeking military partners, negotiating mutual-defense arrangements and reassessing existing alliances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the perspective of traditional religious thinking, some might even describe the present period as an age of decline. Others compare the current international environment with the years preceding World War II, when some countries came to believe that the distribution of territory and resources was unfair and began preparing to use military force to acquire land and resources controlled by others. Such comparisons have led to growing concern about military expansion and rearmament around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What This Means for Myanmar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against this changing global background, Myanmar\u2019s military regime has been seeking closer relations and alliances with some of the world\u2019s major powers. It hopes to use those relationships both to consolidate its own rule and to benefit from the protection and influence that come with being aligned with powerful states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the regime has also been adjusting its international-relations strategy toward neighboring and regional countries. Anticipating possible instability within the region and hoping that governments may need one another in times of crisis, it has sought alliances and closer relationships with some neighboring states\u2014sometimes dealing with them as equals and, at other times, taking a more accommodating or deferential approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many countries around the world are increasingly reviewing their military, economic and foreign policies according to the principle of national interest first, rather than primarily according to concepts of justice or international standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such an international environment, there is little prospect that the Myanmar crisis will rise to the top of the global agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those working on Myanmar\u2019s political crisis, and for the people of Myanmar themselves, it is therefore extremely important to recognize the broader transformation taking place around them: the international order is weakening, hostility among states is increasing, and military power is increasingly being treated as the ultimate measure of what can be imposed or defended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding this changing global reality is essential when considering Myanmar\u2019s future and the international response to the country\u2019s crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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