Ethnic Media in Myanmar: Same Challenges, Different Environment, New Approaches
8 Minutes To ReadKo Htwe describes ethnic media’s response to constraints on the press in Myanmar.
Buddhism, Politics, and Political Thought in Myanmar by Matthew J. Walton, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 2017. 226 pages.
6 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind reviews a new book on Buddhism and political thought by Matthew J. Walton.
Conflict in Kachin and Northern Shan States and its Impact on the Humanitarian Situation
9 Minutes To ReadGum Sha Awng reviews the situation of displaced people in Kachin and Shan States.
Local Parliaments in Myanmar: Key institutions, but too often overlooked
8 Minutes To ReadEMReF researchers consider the role of Myanmar’s local parliaments.
New Fissures in Myanmar’s Peace Process
3 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury considers the implications of the disintegration of the UNFC.
Karen communities along the Sittaung River
5 Minutes To ReadAshley South visits rural Karen communities on holiday.
Reflections on a Debate on Education Reform
8 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud considers what education reform debates reveal about current political conditions.
Mon State’s Bridgegate: Ethnic Politics or Realpolitik?
4 Minutes To ReadElizabeth Rhoads on ‘Bridgegate’ and by-elections in Mon State.
Has the NLD learned nothing about ethnic concerns?
5 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at the controversy over a bridge in Mon State.
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011, edited by Mandy Sadan, NIAS Press, Copenhagen. 2016. 540 pages.
6 Minutes To ReadCourtney T. Wittekind reflects on the nuanced framing of war and peace offered by a new edited volume.
