The Rohingya Conflict: An Analysis through the Lens of the Geopolitical Economy of Resources

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"Worldwide 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced from their home because of armed conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations. These millions of stateless people have been denied national identity and fundamental rights (education, healthcare, employment and freedom of movement) (UNHCR, 2019a). According to UNHCR, 67% (Two-thirds) of all the refugees worldwide belong to only five countries: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia (UNHCR, 2019b). The Rohingya ethnic minority group is among some of those stateless people who used to live in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Myanmar is a multiethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious country which has 135 official ethnic groups. All of these ethnic groups are aggregated in eight major ethnic groups where Bamars (32% of the total population) are the majority, and intrastate conflicts are often recorded between the Burmese military force (Tatmadaw1 ) and other ethnic armed groups (Stokke et al., 2018:3-4, 46; Strömberg, 2018:6; François and Souris, 2018:12; Mithun, 2018:648). In contrast, compared to the other ethnic conflicts in Myanmar, “The Rohingya conflict is highly asymmetrical in terms of power, resources and military assets as the Rohingya population as a group has very few resources, military or otherwise”. Describing the Rohingya conflict as a two-party conflict is difficult. It is more like systematic discrimination, denial of human rights and violence, specifically against the Rohingya civilians (SIDA, 2019:2)..."

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Mostakim Bin Motaher

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Academia.edu (USA) via Mostakim Bin Motaher

Date of Publication: 

2019-00-00

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2020-02-11

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Myanmar, Bangladesh

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English

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