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
6 Minutes To ReadSofie Mortensen and Saw Aung Htun Lin reflect on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar women in Phop Phra, Thailand.
Tags: COVID-19, finance, gender inequality, mental health, migration
June 6, 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
11 Minutes To ReadP.Yangon (pseudonym) explores how Yangon faces challenges under the coup.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), development, housing, public spaces, urban planning, Yangon
January 26, 2022
15 Minutes To ReadZin Wai Yan argues that the Burman majority should educate themselves for the good of all oppressed.
Tags: discrimination, National Unity Government (NUG), oppression, Rohingya
January 24, 2022
3 Minutes To ReadIn Part 2 of a 2-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Gu Gu speaks about the impact of the coup on their life.
Tags: karenni, military coup, National Unity Government (NUG), Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), youth
January 20, 2022
3 Minutes To ReadIn Part 1 of a 2-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Mai Lay speaks about his experience in Kachin state.
Tags: COVID-19, ethnic minorities, Kachin, Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT)
January 19, 2022
11 Minutes To ReadFrancesca Chiu discusses how the post-coup struggles faced by Myanmar’s youth affect social cohesion.
Tags: emigration, immigration, State Administration Council (SAC)
January 17, 2022
11 Minutes To ReadAnders Kirstein Moeller proposes that the coup d’état on February 1, 2021 can be better understood as a factionalist power grab, with implications for how analysts look at the ongoing crisis […]
Tags: State Administration Council (SAC), Tatmadaw
January 10, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadCV Lalmalsawmi discusses the repercussions of Myanmar’s coup from across the border in Mizoram.
Tags: borders, Chin, Mizo, Mizoram, myanmar, myanmar coup, National Unity Government (NUG), refugees
December 20, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadMoon (pseudonym) explores how university teachers factor into the revolution against military dictatorship.
Tags: higher education, myanmar, oppression, teaching, university
October 25, 2021
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
11 Minutes To ReadStephen Campbell and Elliott Prasse-Freeman argue that to redress entrenched Burman chauvinism, radical political economic restructuring is necessary.
Tags: Burman, ethnic histories, liberalism, privilege
September 9, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadAryuwat Raruen explains why durable solutions must be accountable to refugee voices. Read the Burmese version of this post here. A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border, photo by Aryuwat Raruen. Successive […]
Tags: Karen, refugees, repatriation, resettlement, Thai-Burma border, UNHCR
September 8, 2021
17 Minutes To ReadThe Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHRC) interviews David Mathieson, an independent analyst researching and working on human rights and humanitarian issues in Myanmar, in this two-part interview.
Tags: human rights, humanitarian aid, international aid, peace process
September 7, 2021
4 Minutes To ReadIn Part 2 of a 3-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Ko Democracy (pseudonym) tells us how the coup has affected his life and his loved ones in Myitkyina.
Tags: democracy, Kachin, Myitkyina, National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT)
August 19, 2021
4 Minutes To ReadIn Part 1 of a 3-part special series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Hpare Salum (pseudonym) decides it is time to go back home.
Tags: ethnic armies, Kachin, military coup, Yangon, youth
August 18, 2021
< 1 minuteThe Coup Won’t Eradicate Our Future” | ငါတို့အနာဂတ် ငါတို့ပြန်ပေး Tea Circle presents a conversation between Myanmar’s youth protest participants & leaders, moderated by youth advocate and activist Ma Thinzar Shun […]
Tags: Chin, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), event, youth activism
July 30, 2021
12 Minutes To ReadShona Loong summarises the views of three commentators on Myanmar’s post-coup digital culture.
Tags: censorship, digital security, Facebook, military coup, State Administration Council (SAC)
July 29, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll examines the multifaceted challenges to mental health services in Myanmar. (With additional research by Hsu Myat Yadanar Kyaw Soe).
Tags: law, mental health, military coup
June 28, 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
11 Minutes To ReadThis is Part 2 of a two-part interview with the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min. Read Part One here.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic armies, human rights, National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), Rohingya
May 28, 2021
12 Minutes To ReadThis is Part 1 of a two-part interview with the newly appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights, National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG)
May 27, 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
8 Minutes To ReadLili Kyawt (pseudonym) reflects on experiences of trauma shared by different generations.
Tags: military coup, myanmar, protest, Spring Revolution
May 17, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadStefan Bächtold argues that calling Myanmar a ‘failed state’ could reinforce the Tatmadaw’s narratives and undermine the protest movements.
Tags: National League for Democracy (NLD), protest, security, Tatmadaw
May 12, 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
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
10 Minutes To ReadJangai Jap reflects on ethnic minorities’ participation in Myanmar’s pro-democracy revolution.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), ethnic minorities, Kachin, military coup, National League for Democracy (NLD), protest, shan
March 22, 2021
13 Minutes To ReadHelene Kyed argues that multiethnic unity is paramount for the success of civilian resistance to the military. Author’s Note This article was written in collaboration with researchers from the Nyan Corridor, […]
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, Generation Z, National League for Democracy (NLD), youth
March 19, 2021
5 Minutes To ReadMatt Venker, Nicole, and Ma Ei Ei consider the role that foreign researchers can play in the critical time after the coup.
Tags: activism, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), democracy, research
February 10, 2021
8 Minutes To Read Aye Thiri Kyaw and Minn Tent Bo argue for breaking the cycle of intimate partner violence in Myanmar.
Tags: feminism, gender, gender violence, inequality, masculinity, violence, women
February 2, 2021
13 Minutes To ReadBuilding on a rich discussion, Indrė Balčaitė explores the everyday politics of race in Myanmar.
Tags: Chinese, citizenship, myanmar, race, racism, Rohingya, tainyinthar
November 12, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadBernard Minn discusses the role of ethnocentrism in peace agreements and the refugee crisis.
Tags: Burman, Burmese, discrimination, ethnic conflict, nationalism, peace process, socialism
November 3, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadDay Wi and Zoe Matthews explore the post-election approaches needed for political leaders to honour the trust of their constituents, from the perspective of education.
Tags: election, equity, National League for Democracy (NLD), peacebuilding, vocational training
October 27, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadSeik Nyan and Ye Yint Khant Maung explore the difficulties of women workers and discuss how political parties should address it.
Tags: election, employment, feminism, garment factories, gender, gender violence, human rights, labour rights, law, workers' rights
October 15, 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
15 Minutes To ReadShona Loong uses world histories of anti-colonial nationalism to reexamine the Karen struggle.
Tags: bamar, Burman, colonialism, federalism, history, Karen, nationalism, Salween
August 13, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee ponders Indo-Myanmar relations during the COVID-19 crisis.
Tags: ASEAN, borders, conflict, COVID-19, diplomacy, geopolitics, India, Sagaing
August 4, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadThang Deih Tuang and Jeff Williamson highlight ongoing food insecurity in Chin state and a chance for reform during COVID-19.
Tags: Chin State, COVID-19, food security, forests, Tatmadaw
July 20, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadAung Lin Oo and Tomas Max Martin show how the pandemic reveals perennial problems of prison governance but also strengthens rationales for reform.
Tags: COVID-19, law, prison, prison reform, public health, rule of law
July 16, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses the hardships unionists face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, labour, labour rights, trade unions, workers' rights
July 9, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadJae Park and Alexandre Pelletier call attention to gender in thinking about conflict in Myanmar. Despite the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, Myanmar is still at war with itself as fighting […]
Tags: conflict, decentralization, democratization, ethnic conflict, gender, Kachin, labour rights, peace process, Rakhine, shan, violence
July 8, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadJangai Jap explains findings from a recent public opinion survey of Kachin in Myanmar.
Tags: citizenship, ethnic minorities, Jinghpaw, Kachin, nationalism
July 2, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadSai Latt highlights the need to investigate racial thinking for political and social change in Myanmar.
Tags: ceasefire, COVID-19, discrimination, racism
June 1, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadYatana Yamahata explores the reasons behind the Tatmadaw’s stronghold over Myanmar politics.
Tags: ceasefire, development, economy, ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), Tatmadaw
May 13, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadYee Mon Hsu describes some of the findings in NEI’s new report on the decentralization of the MSME sector in Mon and Kayin states.
Tags: decentralization, development, governance, Kayin, Mon, National Enlightenment Institute (NEI)
May 5, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadEwan Cameron argues that we need to see ethnic languages as resources rather than problems to be overcome.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, Karen, Mon, Sgaw Karen
April 28, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadDavid Brenner discusses the synergies and productive tensions between different perspectives on Rebel Politics.
Tags: ethnic armed organisations, Kachin, Karen, political economy, rebel politics, rebellion, Salween
April 17, 2020