West must come to terms with Myanmar's fragmentation

Resistance forces need international help with providing governance for millions

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Myanmar troops retreat amid fighting around the border town of Myawaddy on April 11: Resistance groups are building state structures and delivering public services in "liberated areas."   © Reuters

Morten B. Pedersen is a senior lecturer in international politics with the University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defense Force Academy. He previously worked for the International Crisis Group in Myanmar as a senior analyst.

A series of stunning victories by armed resistance groups in recent months has raised the tantalizing prospect that Myanmar's once seemingly invincible military could be defeated.

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