Arakan Army may be an unexpected ally for the Rohingya

The Dangers of a Rohingya Insurgency

In this video, Thomas Kean, Crisis Group’s Senior Consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh, talks about how Rohingya armed groups joined forces to combat the Arakan Army.

Arakan Army may be an unexpected ally for the Rohingya

In a striking twist of geopolitical irony, one of the most persecuted Muslim communities in the world — the Rohingya — may find their most realistic path home not through the government of Myanmar or through international institutions, but via an unlikely actor: the Arakan Army. Long viewed with suspicion by the Rohingya themselves and largely ignored by the international