The History Behind a Modern Tragedy

What Lead to the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

Depiction of the Arakan capital of Mrauk-U in the pre-colonial era. Source: By Victor Couto via Wikipedia.

The wave of decolonization that swept the world in the wake of WWII paved the way for the formation of several new countries to rise from the ashes of WWII and the collapsing empires of former world powers across Asia and Africa. Almost immediately, many of these new nations were forced to choose sides in the global ideological…