Hostilities in Myanmar are intensifying between the junta and resistance groups. The US backs the opposition NUG, while China and Russia support the military rulers. This suggests a wider geopolitical struggle brewing in the region.

To suggest that the United States and China are waging a New Cold War proxy war in Myanmar would be a leap by any standard.

However, as hostilities between the State Administration Council (SAC) junta and an expanding array of ethnic and political resistan...