Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar edited by Adam Simpson, Nicholas Farrelly and Ian Holliday, Routledge, 2018, 452 pages.
11 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud reviews a new resource for scholarship on Myanmar.
Dire need for an alternative in Rakhine
10 Minutes To ReadThiha Wint Aung explains why responding to the Arakan Army (AA) with full military might would be counterproductive.
Trends in China-Myanmar relations: 2018 Year in Review
15 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon looks at where China-Myanmar relations have been in 2018 and where they’re heading.
Testing the Water: the 2018 By-Elections and Myanmar’s Political Future
14 Minutes To ReadHan Htoo Khant Paing and Richard Roewer analyze how political parties have changed their campaign strategies to prepare for the 2020 election.
Under the Umbrella: Drugs and Myanmar Politics (Part 5)
6 Minutes To ReadOlly Gagiero describes how the suppression of Myanmar’s drug trade is constrained by pervasive corruption.
Facebook in Myanmar: A Human Problem that AI Can’t Solve
5 Minutes To ReadMish Khan and Sam Taylor evaluate the utility of AI in detecting hate speech online.
Maximizing Benefit and Reducing Risk in the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
5 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon discusses some priority preparations Myanmar should undertake before the launch of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
Injecting the Federal Principle into Myanmar’s Constitutional Amendment Procedure
8 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery considers the possibilities for a change in Myanmar’s constitutional amendment procedure.
#MeToo in Myanmar: How a Twitter Hashtag Amplifies Women’s Agency in a Formerly Isolated Country where Gender Inequality Reigns Supreme
5 Minutes To ReadActivists May Sabe Phyu and researchers Aye Thiri Kyaw and Stephanie Miedema discuss the #MeToo movement in Myanmar.
Enslaved fishery workers near Pyapon City
13 Minutes To ReadKhin Myat Myat Wai reports on offshore raft fishing in Myanmar, as translated by Stephen Campbell.
