Kekawan Kampong, Jangan Jadi Bodoh OK. Isu Rohingya Mungkin Muslihat Untuk Pecabelahkan ASEAN.

Soros and Hydrocarbons: What's Really Behind the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar 

OPINION

Rohingya conflict caught its second wind in August 2017

multidimensional crisis with major geopolitical players involved

internal and external reasons behind upsurge in violence 

Rohingya conflict between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine state in late August

fanned by external global players

says the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

the conflict has at least three dimensions.

1. a  game against China - which has large investments in Rakhine
2. to fuel Muslim extremism (ISIS) in Southeast Asia
3. to sow discord in ASEAN [between Myanmar and Muslim Indon, M'sia]

conflict used by external players to undermine Southeast Asian stability

at stake are vast reserves of hydrocarbons located off Rakhine state

huge gas field named Than Shwe after general who long ruled Burma

coastal zone certainly contains oil hydrocarbons

massive Rakhine energy reserves discovered in 2004 

2013 China completed oil and natural gas pipelines

connect Kyaukphyu with Kunming in Yunnan province.

oil pipeline allows Middle Eastern and African crude bypass Malacca Straits

gas pipeline transports hydrocarbons from Myanmar to China

Sino-Myanmar energy project intensified Rohingya conflict 2011-2012 

120,000 asylum seekers left country escaping bloodshed.

certain internal causes behind the Rohingya crisis

also fueled by external players, most notably United States.

Myanmar's destabilization may affect China's energy projects 

create pocket of instability at Beijing's doorstep

Beijing may find itself in the crossfire

Burma Task Force funded by George Soros

active operating in Myanmar since 2013 

calling to stop "genocide of Rohingya Muslim minority group." 

2003 Soros' US Task Force to bring about long overdue transformation in Burma 

Council of Foreign Relation's 2003 document entitled "Burma: Time For Change," 

Soros ..looks for religious, ethnic or social contradictions

chooses the model of action for one of these options or their combination and tries to 'warm they up,'" Egorchenkov explained, speaking with RT.

On the other hand, according to Mosyakov, it appears that some established global economies are seeking to contain the rapid economic development of ASEA nations, by instigating inner strife within the bloc.

The academic opined that the globalist management policy envisages sowing discord in stable regional formations. By fuelling regional conflicts external players jump at the opportunity to gain control over sovereign states and exert considerable pressure on them.

The recent Rohingya crisis started on August 25 when Muslim insurgents of Rohingya origin attacked security posts in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The tough response of the country's authorities triggered violent clashes, which claimed the lives of at least 402 people. However, according to some estimates, up to 3,000 Muslims were killed during the recent conflict.

The conflict that started about a century ago has gradually escalated since 2011, hitting its peak in 2012 when thousands of Muslim families sought asylum in the special refugee camps on the country's territory or fled to Bangladesh. Yet another escalation started in 2016.