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 […]
Myanmar’s ‘Rohingya’ Conflict by Anthony Ware and Costas Laoutides. London: Hurst, 2018, 224pp.
6 Minutes To ReadElliott Prasse-Freeman argues that a new book sacrifices analytical rigor for antipolitical “objectivity.”
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.