11 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson asks, if this is the quality of military propaganda, how could they have stayed in power for so long?

Tags: film, Jinghpaw, Kachin Independence Army (KIA), military, military propaganda
November 30, 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
8 Minutes To ReadYu Yu Htay discusses food weaponization and how the state of food production in post-coup Myanmar is leading to domestic hunger and undermining the regional food basket.

Tags: civil war, Communist Party of Burma (CPB), ethnic politics, food security, Karen National Union (KNU), military, State Administration Council (SAC)
November 30, 2022
4 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery responds to Jason Gelbort’s argument that the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw can circumvent the military’s veto over constitutional amendments.

Tags: constitutional reform, Hluttaw, military, National League for Democracy (NLD)
April 4, 2019
8 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery outlines some of the institutional barriers to federalism in Myanmar.

Tags: constitutional reform, federalism, law, legal reform, military
January 25, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud looks at the factors that both impede and enable Myanmar’s politics.

Tags: civil society, governance, military, National League for Democracy (NLD), youth
June 29, 2017
3 Minutes To ReadVen (pseudonym) considers the state of Myanmar’s politics.

Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, constitutional reform, military, National League for Democracy (NLD), transition
February 15, 2016