10 Minutes To ReadNaing Min Khant argues that Myanmar’s failure to define and protect indigenous rights hinders social justice and fuels ethnic conflicts.
Tags: bamar, Chin, colonialism, ethnic conflict, ethnicity, Mon, Rakhine, shan, social justice, tainyinthar
March 6, 2024
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
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 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
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
22 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson, in Part One of a three-part series on opium and insurgency in Tonzang, examines some elements of traditional understandings of insurgency, statebuilding and opium.
Tags: agriculture, Chin, conflict, drugs, ethnic conflict, infrastructure, insurgency, opium, peace, peace process, Tonzang
July 1, 2019
21 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury analyses the recent bouts of rebel-military violence in Myanmar and assesses their implications for the peace process ahead.
Tags: Arakan, Arakan Army (AA), ceasefire, Chin, ethnic conflict, IDP, insurgency, Kachin, Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Panglong Conference, peace process, Tatmadaw
June 7, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson explores fundamental—and often, incompatible—differences in perception between Myanmar’s military, civilian, and insurgent authorities.
Tags: ceasefire, ethnic conflict, Panglong Conference, peace process, Year in Review
June 6, 2018
14 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson, in this two-part series on the borderlands of Burma, looks at the politics of insurgent groups in Paletwa, in southern Chin State. Part I can be found here and the author’s […]
Tags: Arakan Army (AA), Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), borders, Chin, development, ethnic conflict, peace process, Rakhine State, Rohingya
May 18, 2018
15 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson suggests new ways to understand the world’s oldest civil war.
Tags: burma studies, conflict, conflict studies, ethnic conflict, insurgency, journalism, policy, research
May 7, 2018
10 Minutes To ReadFrancesco Buscemi explores dynamics between the government and state-repelling populations in Myanmar.
Tags: borderlands, Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), ethnic armies, ethnic conflict, identity, insurgency, Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), Tatmadaw
February 19, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadJaneen Sawatzky calls for a re-thinking of “reconciliation” in the context of Burma’s transition.
Tags: ethnic conflict, human rights, justice, peace process, reconciliation
January 18, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadMoegyo challenges the role of development/assistance in ethnic areas and provides recommendations for vetting.
Tags: development, ethnic conflict, ethnicity, humanitarian aid, nation-building, Tatmadaw
December 4, 2017
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
4 Minutes To ReadFortify Rights responds to debate over graphic video footage disseminated in May.
Tags: ethnic conflict, media, Rohingya, social media
August 7, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson explores the pernicious effects of fake news on complex conflicts.
Tags: ethnic conflict, Facebook, media, news, Rohingya, social media
July 24, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton muses on the effects of misleading narratives of the independence era. The myths of ethnic unity are alive and well in contemporary Myanmar. While we might expect misleading […]
Tags: ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, independence, Panglong
July 13, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadPia Jolliffe interviews anthropologist Mikael Gravers.
Tags: anthropology, ethnic conflict, ethnicity, Karen, nationalism, research
July 5, 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
3 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury considers the implications of the disintegration of the UNFC.
Tags: ethnic conflict, Kachin, peace process, Wa
May 11, 2017
3 Minutes To ReadAn update from Liu Yun after the recent Pangkham summit.
Tags: China, ethnic conflict, peace process, Wa
March 27, 2017