Military, informational and psychological conflict in Rakhine: past, present and prospects for resolution

The study examines the causes of Myanmar’s domestic problems related to the ethnoconfessional contradictions in Rakhine as well as international intervention in the country’s internal affairs through the use of modern methods of warfare in the global information field. The analysis is implemented in the context of the history of the issue, the current level and possible prospects for resolving the conflict. It is concluded that starting from 2021-2022, the intensity of the conflict as well as the West’s informational, political and other engagement in supporting the Rohingya, began to decline. This, of course, had a positive effect on the Tatmadaw’s (Myanmar army and border guards) potential to counter separatism and terrorism in Rakhine. The author draws attention to the fact that any state (using Myanmar as an example) that has a rich and eventful historical past, its own political culture and spiritual values but does not fit into the modern “democratic” system of the Global West, has every right to solve its own internal problems using the methods available to it. Political, economic or information pressure on it is not a method for solving problems, especially if it is carried out under the guise of falsely interpreted democratic principles.