Myanmar is engulfed in a civil war that is growing daily leaving diminishing options available to try to resolve it in what is a growing political impasse. For the past year, since the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, seized power, the country has been overwhelmed by violence and mayhem that is continuing to escalate, bringing civilian administration to a standstill throughout the country, disrupting the economy and leaving the majority of its people increasingly in danger of malnutrition and starvation. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced by the Tatmadaw's military campaigns and face a torrid and uncertain future.
Despite virtually unanimous international condemnation -- of the coup, and the violence and bloodshed it unleashed -- there are few realistic options open for third party attempts to resolve the stalemate and find potential political solutions to the burgeoning civil war. Next week the foreign ministers of the regional bloc Asean will meet in Cambodia -- the group's current chairman -- where the situation in Myanmar will feature prominently.
