Opium’s Calculus (Part 3: An Ordinary Place)
11 Minutes To ReadIn the final part of this series, Bobby Anderson elaborates on the realities of opium-growing areas of Chin state, and their divergence from both existing stereotypes and the triage described in Part One and Two.
Opium’s Calculus (Part 2: The Experience of Northern Chin and Tonzang)
13 Minutes To ReadIn Part Two of a three-part series, Bobby Anderson examines the case of Tonzang and its exception to conditions for opium-funded insurgencies in Myanmar, as outlined in Part One.
Opium’s Calculus (Part 1: Abacus Beads)
22 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson, in Part One of a three-part series on opium and insurgency in Tonzang, examines some elements of traditional understandings of insurgency, statebuilding and opium.
Women for Peace, Equality for All
4 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini and Mie Mie share their experiences at a peace conference hosted by the Karenni National Women’s Organization.
Rioting for Rule of Law – Prison Amnesties and Riots in Myanmar
5 Minutes To ReadLiv Gaborit and Andrew Jefferson discuss the value of amnesties in light of the recent prison riots.
Corruption: A Severe, Chronic Disease Myanmar Has to Fight
9 Minutes To ReadZaw Myat Lin discusses the issue of corruption and the current anti-corruption campaigns ongoing in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s future journalists confront the meaning of freedom of expression (Part 1)
10 Minutes To ReadMarie Puyessegur explores events in part one of a three-part series conducted as part of the MEMORY! Heritage Film Festival, an annual event in Yangon.
Decentralization: Bamars care about governing their own regions, too
9 Minutes To ReadThein Than Win, from the Paññā Institute, and Mael Raynaud suggests that federalism is now an objective shared by the Bamar in Myanmar’s seven regions.
The NLD Cannot Circumvent the Military’s Veto Over Constitutional Amendments
4 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery responds to Jason Gelbort’s argument that the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw can circumvent the military’s veto over constitutional amendments.
A Conversation with U Pe Aung Lin
8 Minutes To ReadU Pe Aung Lin is the chairman of the Myanmar Center to Empower Regional Parliaments (MCERP). This post is a transcript of a conversation with Mael Raynaud, the Head of […]