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.
“Save the Irrawaddy!”: Diverse Perceptions of the River Valley among its inhabitants
9 Minutes To ReadMarion Sabrié considers different views on Myanmar’s iconic river.
Daughters of the Sakyamuni: Reflections on Struggles to Legally Exist as Female Buddhist Practitioners in Thailand and Myanmar
11 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan reflects on the role of female Buddhist practitioners in Buddhist societies.
Caretaking Democratization: The Military and Political Change in Myanmar by Renaud Egreteau, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016, 193 Pages.
5 Minutes To ReadT. F. Rhoden reviews Renaud Egreteau’s new book on Burmese politics and the praetorian side of democratization.
Towards a “normalization” of the political sociology of the elites in Myanmar (Part Two)
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud continues his look at elite politics in Myanmar. Part One can be found here.
Towards a “normalization” of the political sociology of the elites in Myanmar (Part One)
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud explores elite dynamics in Myanmar’s social structure.
Democratisation of Myanmar by Nehginpao Kipgen, Routledge, New Delhi, 2016, 194 pages
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Nehginpao Kipgen’s new book on Myanmar’s transition.