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 ReadMichael Lin-Chiang Lee argues that Taiwan’s democratic values and diplomacy with Myanmar are met with challenges.
Tags: China, diaspora, myanmar, One-China Principle, Sino-Burma relations, Taiwan, United Nations (UN)
September 11, 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
4 Minutes To ReadMay Ying (pseudonym) explores unique challenges in building climate advocacy in conflict-torn Myanmar.
Tags: Azerbaijan, China, climate change, community, conflict, COP28, democracy, environment, environmental activists, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), forests, Kachin State, Myitsone, Thein Sein, youth activism
February 27, 2024
15 Minutes To ReadIn Part 2 of a 2-part series, Bobby Anderson considers the strengths and weaknesses of Myanmar’s military and its chances of collapse. Read Part 1
Tags: All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), Arakan Army (AA), bamar, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chin National Front (CNF), Chin State, China, ethnic armed organisations, Federal Political Negotiation and Consultation Committee (FPNCC), Guomindang (GMD), India, Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Karen National Union (KNU), Local Defense Forces (LDF), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), Rakhine State, Rohingya, Russia, Shan State, Shan State Progress Party (SSPP), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Three Brotherhood Alliance, United Wa State Army (UWSA)
February 23, 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
10 Minutes To ReadXu Peng analyses Kokang’s tumultuous past and its ongoing impact on Myanmar’s politics.
Tags: casinos, China, colonial burma, Communist Party of Burma (CPB), history, Kokang, Kuomingtang (KMT), myanmar, United Wa State Army (UWSA)
December 27, 2023
4 Minutes To ReadDiya Jiang explores Beijing’s interests and trade-offs in managing Sino-Myanmar relations following the Myanmar military’s February 2021 coup d’état.
Tags: Beijing, China, diplomacy, National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), Sino-Myanmar relations
November 27, 2023
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 ReadJasnea Sarma explores the contours of an emerging private security and surveillance culture in Yangon in Part 1 of a 2-part series.
Tags: CCTV, China, security, Singapore, surveillance, Yangon
March 16, 2020
12 Minutes To ReadFrances O’Morchoe details the lesser-known history of the Myanmar-China railway in nineteenth-century Burma.
Tags: borders, China, colonial burma, history, Islam, Panthay, railways, Shan State, Yunnan
March 2, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadThiha Wint Aung explains why responding to the Arakan Army (AA) with full military might would be counterproductive.
Tags: Arakan Army (AA), China, democracy, National League for Democracy (NLD), Rakhine State, Tatmadaw
February 5, 2019
15 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon looks at where China-Myanmar relations have been in 2018 and where they’re heading.
Tags: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), borders, China, Myitsone, Nay Pyi Taw, One Belt One Road, paukphaw, Tatmadaw, Yunnan
January 31, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadAndrew Ong makes the case for the international community to reach out to the UWSA and build trust.
Tags: China, peace process, United Wa State Army (UWSA), Wa
August 20, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury considers options for the government in engaging with a new ethnic umbrella group.
Tags: China, ethnic conflict, peace process, Wa
November 28, 2017
3 Minutes To ReadLiu Yun looks at an influential figure in the peace process.
Tags: borderlands, borders, China, ethnic conflict, ethnic politics, Kokang, peace process, Tatmadaw
October 16, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadDavid Dapice describes the internal and external challenges facing the present government.
Tags: China, ethnic conflict, Kokang, National League for Democracy (NLD)
June 26, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadLaur Kiik talks with a person who was at the root of the Myitsone resistance.
Tags: China, geopolitics, Kachin, Myitsone
April 17, 2017
3 Minutes To ReadAn update from Liu Yun after the recent Pangkham summit.
Tags: China, ethnic conflict, peace process, Wa
March 27, 2017
3 Minutes To ReadLiu Yun takes a critical look at the NAB offensive and China-Myanmar relations.
Tags: borderlands, China, ethnic armed organisations, ethnic armies, peace, violence
January 18, 2017