8 Minutes To ReadWayne (pseudonym) explores how political satire is perceived in Myanmar. Freedom of expression is a fundamental foundation of democracy and a powerful tool against inequality and injustice. Occasionally, democracies face […]
Tags: censorship, freedom of expression, political satire, satire
May 24, 2026
15 Minutes To ReadMesua Ferrea (pseudonym) unveils the intricate interplay of art and revolution. Art, when oppression looms, transcends advocacy to become a revolution of its own, and revolution, in its essence, is […]
Tags: art, democracy, human rights, media, resistance
May 21, 2026
9 Minutes To ReadKhin Chaw Su Su San shares reflective insights on Practice-based research in Myanmar ethnic regions.
Tags: critical reflection, ethnic communities, myanmar, practice-based research, reflexivity
April 14, 2026
9 Minutes To ReadStudents from Dagon University take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer. Myo Min explores how the political role of students’ unions […]
Tags: activism, democracy, National League for Democracy (NLD), youth
January 21, 2026
7 Minutes To ReadAt the University of Toronto, Napas Thein explores how once-divided diaspora communities come together in a discussion around belonging. Photo Credit: Wa Lone
Tags: diaspora, ethnicity, event, photography, reconciliation, Rohingya, Toronto
March 21, 2025
9 Minutes To ReadHtet Hlaing Win contends that effective environmental campaigns in Myanmar are not possible until a dramatic change in political arrangement occurs.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, borderlands, China, climate change, democracy, environment, ethnic armed groups (EAOs), fossil fuels, military coup, military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, National League of Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), Ne Win, State Administration Council (SAC), sustainability, Three Brotherhood Alliance, U Nu, urban planning, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC)
January 2, 2025
8 Minutes To ReadSteven (pseudonym) examines the future implications of addressing gender inequalities in Myanmar.
Tags: constitutional politics, constitutional reform, democracy, elections, electoral politics, equality, gender, gender inequality, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)
December 18, 2024
16 Minutes To ReadMyo Min outlines the hidden consequences of people’s commitment to minorities within minorities, such as the Rohingya.
Tags: : federal democracy, All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), Arakan Army (AA), Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, equality, ethnic armed groups (EAOs), ethnic minorities, federalism, human rights, military coup, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), National Unity Government (NUG), nationalism, People’s Representatives Committee for Federalism (PRCF), Rohingya, Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Tatmadaw
October 29, 2024
9 Minutes To ReadVictoria (pseudonym) details some of the discrimination the post-coup Myanmar diaspora in Thailand face.
Tags: borderlands, citizenship, labour rights, migrant workers, refugees, revolution, Spring Revolution, statelessness, Thai-Burma border
September 30, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadJoshua Bowes and Md. Salman Rahman argue that violence seems to be inescapable for women Rohingya refugees. Credit: AK Rockefeller The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the most volatile […]
Tags: buddhism, Cox’s Bazar, ethnic minorities, gender, gender inequality, gender violence, human trafficking, Islam, Rakhine State, refugees, Rohingya, sexual violence, Tatmadaw, United Nations (UN)
July 2, 2024
7 Minutes To ReadMinn Myoh Minn Oo evaluates the political relationship between the Thai government and the Myanmar people.
Tags: ASEAN, conscription, ethnic armed organisations, humanitarian aid, junta, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, military coup, Myanmar people, refugees, Spring Revolution, State Administration Council (SAC), Thai-Myanmar border, Thailand, visa, youth
June 24, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadSayedul Karim shares insights from leading national & international scholars focusing on Myanmar Studies.
Tags: development, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, federalism, IDRC, Institute of Human Rights and Democratic Governance (IHRDG), Karen State, labour rights, People's Defence Force (PDF), policy, Rohingya, Salween, Spring Revolution, Spring University Myanmar (SUM)
June 18, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadHnin Htet Htet Aung studies the surge in support for refugees by overseas Myanmar youth.
Tags: ASEAN, diaspora, humanitarian aid, IDP, International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs), Japan, Malaysia, Min Aung Hlaing, National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), refugees, Singapore, Tanintharyi, Thailand
June 10, 2024
10 Minutes To ReadWin Thiri Lwin dives into the moral dilemmas water professionals face in the Spring Revolution.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), human rights, moral dilemmas, Spring Revolution, water professionals
June 3, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadNaing Min Khant argues that civilians defy military surveillance, and empower resistance through sousveillance in post-coup Myanmar.
Tags: Chin State, China, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), digital wallets, EAOs, finance, military coup, Min Aung Hlaing, myanmar coup, National Unity Government (NUG), People’s Defense Force (PDF), Rakhine State, surveillance, technology
April 9, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadZa Latt Myay (pseudonym) discusses the life of a Myanmar refugee in India.
Tags: IDP, military coup, Mizoram, refugee, refugee camps
November 28, 2023
7 Minutes To Read Dawt (pseudonym) explains how her life and the experiences she went through changed before and after the military coup.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), military coup, Mizoram, National Unity Government (NUG)
November 6, 2023
6 Minutes To ReadLen (pseudonym) expresses how her struggles, traumatic experiences, and life have changed for the worse in the aftermath of the coup.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), civil war, military coup, Spring Revolution, youth, youth activism
November 1, 2023
7 Minutes To ReadYu Gan Paing (pseudonym) explains the trauma, struggles, and the vicious cycles in the life of a refugee since the 2021 coup.
Tags: Chin State, Mizo, Mizoram, National League for Democracy (NLD)
October 16, 2023
3 Minutes To ReadAung Ko Ko argues that the Spring Revolution provides an opportunity for an ideological marketplace to flourish.
Tags: bamar, Spring Revolution, tainyinthar
August 22, 2023
8 Minutes To ReadZoheisa (pseudonym) documents how her way of life changed after participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and her resilience as a refugee in Mizoram.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), military coup, Mizoram, refugee, university
July 3, 2023
8 Minutes To ReadCielo (pseudonym) argues that targeting Christians and the re-emergence of Pyu Saw Htee triggered the military’s motivation to commit atrocities.
Tags: bamar, buddhism, Chin State, Christianity, ethnic armed organisations, human rights, Islam, Karen National Union (KNU), karenni, Rohingya, Sagaing
May 15, 2023
7 Minutes To ReadJulian (pseudonym) shows how the junta’s use of arson has incurred extreme devastation.
Tags: ethnic armies, farmers, livelihoods, military, National Unity Government (NUG), Sagaing
May 1, 2023
9 Minutes To ReadPhoenix (pseudonym) reflects on the economic, political, and cultural atmosphere in Rangoon after the February 2021 coup through the eyes of a normal youth.
Tags: COVID-19, migration, military, military coup, Yangon
March 28, 2023
5 Minutes To ReadPhoenix (pseudonym) argues that Burma’s current model of teacher-student relations limits debate.
Tags: buddhism, democracy, university
January 5, 2023
7 Minutes To ReadHan Alter (pseudonym) explores how to define civilians in the Spring Revolution.
Tags: civil war, human rights, National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), State Administration Council (SAC)
December 5, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll looks at the challenges facing migrant workers hoping to send remittances to Myanmar.
Tags: economy, finance, labour rights, migrant labour, migrant workers, remittances
August 2, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadKSN (pseudonym) writes about a moment in which they find themselves. This post was originally published on January 12, 2022. Read the Burmese version here. I have not been back home even […]
Tags: COVID-19, myanmar coup
June 8, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadNgwe Min Tar Yar shares his knowledge of intercommunal support in Myanmar for people grappling with COVID-19 and the coup.
March 30, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadInspired by the ongoing series, ‘Chronicle of a coup’, Damien Riley (pseudonym) writes about his experiences at an NGO.
Tags: civil society, human rights
February 17, 2022
6 Minutes To ReadSai Phyoe Zin Aung reflects on reasons for internal migration out of northern Shan State. Internal migration, the phenomenon of moving from one part of a country to another, is […]
Tags: agriculture, ethnic armed organisations, migration, Shan State, Yangon
October 14, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadRobert Anderson describes a meeting three days before Aung San’s assassination and a surprising request.
Tags: Aung San
July 19, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadJulian (pseudonym) outlines China’s geostrategic calculations and ambitions in Myanmar.
Tags: ASEAN, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China, foreign policy, geopolitics
June 7, 2021
5 Minutes To ReadMi Chan (pseudonym) argues that Yale should assess its links to the Myanmar military.
Tags: military coup, Rohingya
May 26, 2021
9 Minutes To ReadKhine, Nway Oo, and Peter (pseudonyms) express what they stand to lose in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution and why they continue the fight.
Tags: constitution, democracy, military coup, protest, Spring Revolution
April 27, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadZung Ring (pseudonym) argues that the revolution’s outcome depends on bold decisions and effective leadership.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, ethnic armies, military coup, National League for Democracy (NLD)
April 21, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadAxel Harneit-Sievers cautions against a problematic argument made in a new publication.
Tags: Book Review, colonialism, development, human rights, international law, law, Rohingya
April 19, 2021
4 Minutes To ReadRio (pseudonym) writes about how his father, a soldier, understands the ongoing protests.
Tags: buddhist nationalism, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), military coup, Rohingya, Tatmadaw
April 12, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadAdam E. Howe reflects on the coup as an attempt to establish a Thai-style “disciplined democracy”.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, authoritarianism, democracy, military coup, Min Aung Hlaing, Rohingya, Thailand
March 30, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadMyo Min outlines the potential and limitations of anti-coup protesters’ solidarity with the cause of the Rohingya.
Tags: buddhist nationalism, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), democracy, ethnic minorities, military coup, nationalism, Rohingya
March 25, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadMark Adams (pseudonym) considers new pathways for a united front in Myanmar’s future.
Tags: Burmese, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), international aid, military coup
March 23, 2021
3 Minutes To ReadBella Aung calls for recognizing minorities’ contributions to ongoing anti-coup protests.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, Min Aung Hlaing
March 16, 2021
4 Minutes To ReadChit (a pseudonym) reflects on the military coup as part of the Burmese diaspora.
Tags: buddhism, diaspora, military coup
March 8, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadShona Loong reflects on grief, heartbreak, and hope among Karen communities after the February 2021 coup. Image courtesy of Shona Loong Words cannot express I found out about the coup on […]
Tags: Hpa-An, Karen, military coup
February 4, 2021
9 Minutes To ReadBertie Alexander Lawson considers how travellers struggle to understand Myanmar through the lens of novels and travelogues.
Tags: fiction, tourism, travel, travelogue, voluntourism
November 23, 2020
14 Minutes To ReadMatthew Arnold discusses the importance of seeing Myanmar as a country undergoing normalization.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, governance, Karen National Union (KNU), National League for Democracy (NLD), transition, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
September 17, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadVan Lal Thuam Lian @ Thuama imagines the feelings in Aung San Suu Kyi’s innermost being.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Rohingya
July 30, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadYadanar Oo, Naw Tah Mu Lar and Maggi Quadrini write about how a football tournament along the Thai-Burma border challenged gender stereotypes faced by young women and girls on the pitch.
Tags: borders, gender, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, Thai-Burma border, women's rights
April 8, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadLynn Htwe looks at responses to Sitagu Sayadaw’s comments on Pagan’s recognition by UNESCO.
Tags: Bagan, buddhism, Facebook, MaBaTha, nationalism, social media, UNESCO
December 4, 2019
7 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini argues that funding requirements for locally run non-profits put them at a disadvantage.
Tags: borders, community-based organization (CBO), donors, international aid, Karen, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, refugees, Thai-Burma border
November 19, 2019