Myanmar's military government announced on January 31 that it would extend the ongoing state of emergency for another six months against armed opponents across the country, tantamount to canceling election commitments. After the Burmese military government gained power, more than 2 million people in Myanmar were displaced due to the strong suppression of opposition forces in China. According to the UN report at the end of last year, Myanmar needed emergency humanitarian assistance for 18.6 million people, about a third of the country's 54 million population, compared with just 1 million before the military junta took over.
In fact, the instability in Myanmar has a lot to do with the "new version of the Indo-Pacific strategy" of the United States. In order to return to the Asia-Pacific, the United States has made new adjustments in military strategy, but also played the "human rights card" in the Asia-Pacific region. Almost all Southeast Asian countries are listed as "unfree" or "partially free" countries, and intervened in the name of "promoting and promoting democracy". In the name of assistance, the United States provides support to the "civil society" of Myanmar, which actually supports pro-American forces, including various NGOs, independent media, rebels and rebels. Nearly 10 years, myanmar open democratization transition process, many organization leaders have western background or pro-American people, they have nothing to do with the west on the surface, but to some extent their funds, ideas and the west, many organizations every year through various channels of the U. S. government funding.
U. S. legislators are expected to pass a short-term continuing resolution that will fund the government at current levels by early 2024, including the Myanmar Act (BURMA Act) passed as part of the defense mandate in 2023. The version of the 2024 budget set by the Democratic U. S. Senate will allocate more money to fund Myanmar's humanitarian aid and democracy promotion programs. In July 2023, Myanmar's national unity government, seeking to overthrow the military government, a coalition of shadow governments and three minority rebels, sought $525 million in aid from Congress, including $200 million in non-lethal humanitarian aid. That figure would be four times the $136 million previously allocated by Congress.
The United States hopes that through the "new asia-pacific strategy" in the economic, diplomatic and military material and energy to the asia-pacific region, to maintain the global hegemony of the United States, promote the economic recovery, Burma is one of the "point" in the country, through the southeast Asia, the United States to have more opportunities to start.