A Journey to the North

9 Minutes To ReadThinn Thinn describes lessons learned— on ethnicity, identity, and privilege— on a journey to Kachin.
Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other” by Francis Wade. Zed Books, 2017, 280 pages

5 Minutes To ReadIshrat Hossain reviews Francis Wade’s timely analysis of anti-Muslim sentiments in Myanmar.
Burma at 70: why it’s time to end the Myanmar morality play

5 Minutes To ReadAlex Bescoby argues against staging Myanmar’s transition as a tale of good and evil.
Idle in the Face of Catastrophe: The Coup and the Need for Structural Reform within the UNSC

14 Minutes To ReadAung Soe explores the implications of the United Nations Security Council’s response to Myanmar’s 2021 coup.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ fears on Myanmar’s shrinking political space

4 Minutes To ReadMorgane Dussud analyzes the High Commissioner’s announcement that he won’t seek a second mandate.
Closing out 2017 at Tea Circle

< 1 minute A note from the Tea Circle team to our readers. As the year winds down and the holidays approach, the Tea Circle team would like to thank you for your support, and Read the full article…
Burma and the Rohingya Crisis: We Can Oppose Ethnic Cleansing Without Accepting Simple Answers

5 Minutes To ReadRosalie Metro finds persistent truths in the midst of (everyone’s) biased discussions of the Rohingya crisis.
Myanmar’s Repatriation Plan Offers Little for the Rohingya

5 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth muses on the recent Myanmar-Bangladesh Rohingya repatriation accord.
The international community must listen to the voices of Burma’s internally and externally displaced people

6 Minutes To ReadPaul Sztumpf argues that the international community needs to change its humanitarian support strategy.
Myanmar’s parliament is missing link in Rakhine crisis

6 Minutes To ReadRenaud Egreteau asks how the legislature could provide more oversight on the recent Rakhine State crisis.