{"id":950,"date":"2025-10-31T06:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/?p=950"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:23:13","slug":"david-eubank-and-sean-turnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/2025\/10\/31\/david-eubank-and-sean-turnell\/","title":{"rendered":"David Eubank and Sean Turnell Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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John Anderson speaks with David Eubank and Dr. Sean Turnell about the realities of China’s involvement in Myanmar\u2019s civil war following their 2021 military coup and why it matters for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. They reflect on Eubank’s first-hand experience providing humanitarian relief at the front line of guerilla warfare in the jungle, and Turnell’s harrowing ordeal as a political prisoner for 650 days under the military regime. They explore Myanmar\u2019s struggle for freedom, the staggering human cost of resistance, and the courage of those who continue to serve amid war and persecution.<\/p>\n

The discussion calls for urgent attention to the expansion of China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia\u2019s growing footprint in the region. The crisis in Myanmar is not isolated but emblematic of the moral test facing free societies\u2014whether they will stand with those who fight for liberty under tyranny. This is a sobering reminder of the need for moral resolve and principled leadership in an increasingly dangerous world.<\/p>\n

Dave Eubank is a former U.S. Special Forces soldier who has spent nearly three decades on the front lines of some of the world\u2019s most brutal conflicts. He is the founder of the Free Burma Rangers and continues to deliver humanitarian aid in active war zones alongside his family.<\/p>\n

Sean Turnell is an Australian economist and former economic policy advisor to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. He spent 650 days in a Myanmar prison and wrote about the experience in his book An Unlikely Prisoner: How an Eternal Optimist Found Hope in Myanmar\u2019s Most Notorious Jail<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Anderson speaks with David Eubank and Dr. Sean Turnell about the realities of China’s involvement in Myanmar\u2019s civil war following their 2021 military coup and why it matters for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. They reflect on Eubank’s first-hand experience providing humanitarian relief at the front line of guerilla warfare in the jungle, and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-defence-planning-element","category-defence-model","category-understanding-defence-policies-of-others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpb.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}