‘Peace and education cannot be separated’
3 Minutes To ReadRadka Antalikova discusses the newly launched Graduate Research Diploma on peacebuilding and research at the Thabyay Education Foundation.
Why Economic Sanctions won’t help the Rohingya
7 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson argues that the imposition of economic sanctions on Myanmar will not help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Fostering constitutional conversation in Myanmar
4 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon discusses the importance of constitutional conversation and how it can foster more informed public debate in Myanmar.
What role has social media played in facilitating the spread of hardline nationalist sentiment in Myanmar?
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
Reporting the Retreat: War Correspondents in Burma by Philip Woods, London, Hurst & Co., 2016, 206 Pages, ISBN: 9781849047173
4 Minutes To ReadGiulia Garbagni reviews a nuanced account of the challenges and contradictions of wartime journalism.
Myanmar’s violent road to ‘peace’
21 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury analyses the recent bouts of rebel-military violence in Myanmar and assesses their implications for the peace process ahead.
Stalemate and Suspicion: An Appraisal of the Myanmar Peace Process
7 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson explores fundamental—and often, incompatible—differences in perception between Myanmar’s military, civilian, and insurgent authorities.
Rule by Law and Impunity Undermine Prevention of and Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Myanmar
5 Minutes To ReadDaniel Aguirre discusses how the failures of the legal system in Myanmar result in impunity for human rights violations and allows the State – and military – to rule by law.
Citizenship and Transgender Rights: A Matter of Dignity and Recognition
8 Minutes To ReadKhin Chan Myae Maung argues that transgender people in Myanmar are treated as less than human, in law and society.
Myanmar’s Freedom of Expression as a Broken Promise of the NLD
11 Minutes To ReadYaw Bawm Mangshang analyzes the status of press freedom under the NLD-led government.
