5 Minutes To ReadJoah McGee reflects on Friedgard Lottermoser’s journey from war’s devastation to spiritual awakening, bridging worlds with mindful resolve.
Tags: buddhism, myanmar coup
August 29, 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
15 Minutes To ReadIn Part 1 of a 2-part series, Bobby Anderson considers the strengths and weaknesses of Myanmar’s military and its chances of collapse.
Tags: Arakan Army (AA), Aung San Suu Kyi, bamar, Border Guard Forces (BGF), buddhism, China, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Communist Party of Burma (CPB), conscription, Hluttaw, military coup, Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar Economic Cooperation (MEC), Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL), Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, National Unity Government (NUG), opium, Paletwa, People's Defence Force (PDF), Pyu Saw Htee, Russia, shan, Shan State, Tatmadaw, Three Brotherhood Alliance
February 22, 2024
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
5 Minutes To ReadPhoenix (pseudonym) argues that Burma’s current model of teacher-student relations limits debate.
Tags: buddhism, democracy, university
January 5, 2023
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
6 Minutes To ReadMichael Edwards asks how to navigate Yangon using a transit map of Seoul.
Tags: buddhism, Christianity, modernity, religion, South Korea, Yangon
April 21, 2020
4 Minutes To ReadTony Scott introduces an important new digital archive of Myanmar manuscripts.
Tags: buddhism, manuscripts, Pali
April 1, 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
14 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton and Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi warn that the sentiments underlying “Buddhist nationalist” activities remain strong, dangerous and misunderstood. After a period of flourishing under the USDP government, Ma Ba […]
Tags: activism, buddhism, Burman, ethnic minorities, feminism, MaBaTha, National League for Democracy (NLD), race
December 2, 2019
6 Minutes To ReadKhin Mar Mar Kyi reviews Ward Keeler’s book on gender and Burmese Buddhist practices in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, gender, masculinity
November 27, 2019
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
Tags: buddhism, buddhist nationalism, media, nationalism, Rohingya, social media
June 13, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at Ma Ba Tha’s persistence in the light of criticisms.
Tags: buddhism, governance, MaBaTha, nationalism, religion
March 7, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadIshrat Hossain reviews Francis Wade’s timely analysis of anti-Muslim sentiments in Myanmar.
Tags: buddhism, conflict, Islam, nationalism, Rakhine State, Rohingya
January 11, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadAye Thein argues that the international influences on “Buddhist extremism” have been overlooked.
Tags: buddhism, Islam, nationalism, religious conflict, Rohingya
September 1, 2017
2 Minutes To ReadSeptember 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the so-called “Saffron Revolution.”
Tags: buddhism, protest, saffron revolution
August 21, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Melissa Crouch’s edited volume on Muslims in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, Islam, religion
July 3, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind reviews a new book on Buddhism and political thought by Matthew J. Walton.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, democracy, morality, political dialogue
June 2, 2017
11 Minutes To ReadSai Latt challenges conventional wisdom on Myanmar’s political divides.
Tags: buddhism, film, memory, music, peace process
April 26, 2017
11 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan reflects on the role of female Buddhist practitioners in Buddhist societies.
Tags: buddhism, gender, religion, Thailand, women
February 10, 2017
9 Minutes To ReadAung Tun and Matthew Walton comment on a recent statement by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee.
Tags: buddhism, democracy, ethnic politics, MaBaTha, religion
July 29, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadMatthew Walton explores the future of MaBaTha after the NLD victory.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, buddhism, election, MaBaTha, National League for Democracy (NLD), Rohingya
November 21, 2015