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.
Myanmar’s Peace Process: troubleshooting the deadlock
3 Minutes To ReadLiu Yun says skilled negotiators are needed in Myanmar’s Peace Process.
Rethinking Myanmar’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics
7 Minutes To ReadKyungmee Kim evaluates existing narratives of regulation and development of Myanmar’s waterways.
