Tomas Buenaventura

Post-election violence erupted in India, the Myanmar military made gains in northern Chin state, and Balochistan recorded one of the deadliest attacks in recent years.

5 June 2026

A decline in TTP attacks may drive Pakistan to continue cross-border military operations, and Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing signaled likely escalation.

7 May 2026

While global attention was fixed on Iran, violence, unrest, and instability continued to escalate elsewhere — largely out of view.

29 April 2026

Fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered a second month, rido violence peaked in the Philippines, and airstrikes in Myanmar grew deadlier.

9 April 2026

Rising militancy between Afghanistan and Pakistan once again triggered hostilities, resistance infighting in Myanmar turned deadly, and the war in Iran has threatened wider domestic instability in Pakistan.

5 March 2026

ACLED’s Philippines Senior Research Assistant Tomas Buenaventura comments on the shadow cast by Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war on his daughter Sara’s newly announced presidential run.

20 February 2026

Balochistan Liberation Army launched deadly suicide bombings, security forces clashed with Naxal-Maoist rebels in India, and an operation to confiscate guns in Papua New Guinea turned deadly.

9 February 2026

Join ACLED on 11 June 10 a.m. BST | 7 p.m. AEST for a webinar introducing a new dashboard designed to track gray zone tactics, maritime tensions, and key developments in the South China Sea.

19:00–20:00, 11 June 2026, AEST