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  Lihan Lima: The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar for a long time has got a new dimension in August 2017. Experts say that the main call-book of this multinational crisis was seen by the Bagha Bagha players of geopolitics. Researchers highlight many internal and external causes behind the ongoing violence and tension in Myanmar. Dmitry Moskov, Executive Director of the Oriental Study Institute, 'The Russian Academy of Sciences', in South East Asia, Australia and Oceania, said, "The global players are clearly working behind the conflict between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state." The reasons behind the Rohingya violence are mainly three. First, it is a political game against China, because China has a huge investment in the Rakhine state. Secondly, provoke Muslim extremism in South Asia. Thirdly, seeds of sophisticated conflicts between ASEAN countries (Myanmar and Muslim majority Indonesia and Malaysia). Moskov said, in order to reduce th...