Ringing in 2017 at the Tea Circle

< 1 minuteHappy New Year and Happy Myanmar Independence Day from Tea Circle!
Call for Submissions: Oxford-SOAS Graduate Student Workshop: “New Directions in Research on Myanmar”

3 Minutes To ReadThe Programme on Modern Burmese Studies at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, in collaboration with SOAS, University of London, will host a Graduate Student Workshop entitled “New Directions in Research Read the full article…
More than Just a Threat to the Peace Process: The Beginning of a Full-Fledged Crisis?
5 Minutes To ReadKhin Zaw Win discusses the recent offensive by the “Northern alliance” and its implications.
Countless Conflict Drivers and Myanmar’s 21st century Panglong Peace Process

6 Minutes To ReadAung Tun considers the multiple moving parts associated with resolving conflict in Myanmar.
Tea Circle’s Forum on Myanmar’s Water Ways

2 Minutes To ReadTea Circle is now accepting submissions for a new forum on Myanmar’s Waterways.
A not-so-golden culture of extravagance

4 Minutes To ReadHsu Myat Thazin discusses questions of consumerism, capitalism, and links to a new dependence on social media.
A Dream Beyond

2 Minutes To ReadA poem by Nwe Nwe Lwin, dedicated to the victims of the current armed conflict.
Myanmar Women’s Rights: Breaking the Silence

12 Minutes To ReadEi Thindar Myint reflects on gender politics in Myanmar.
The Plight of Myanmar’s Forgotten Refugees (Part 3)

4 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 3 of 3-part post.
The Plight of Myanmar’s Forgotten Refugees (Part 2)

6 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 2 of a 3-part series.