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
16 Minutes To ReadMyo Min outlines the hidden consequences of people’s commitment to minorities within minorities, such as the Rohingya.
Tags: : federal democracy, All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), Arakan Army (AA), Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, equality, ethnic armed groups (EAOs), ethnic minorities, federalism, human rights, military coup, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), National Unity Government (NUG), nationalism, People’s Representatives Committee for Federalism (PRCF), Rohingya, Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Tatmadaw
October 29, 2024
7 Minutes To ReadMinn Myoh Minn Oo evaluates the political relationship between the Thai government and the Myanmar people.
Tags: ASEAN, conscription, ethnic armed organisations, humanitarian aid, junta, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, military coup, Myanmar people, refugees, Spring Revolution, State Administration Council (SAC), Thai-Myanmar border, Thailand, visa, youth
June 24, 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
11 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll, Maha See, and Eolene Boyd-MacMillan explore a range of mental health challenges for Myanmar and identify where action is needed to increase mental health and psychosocial support.
Tags: civil war, democracy, mental health, military coup, National Unity Government (NUG), Psychological First Aid (PFA), psychology, therapy
March 20, 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 ReadHpan Ja Brang spoke with four people living in camps near Laiza. Edited by Emily Fishbein.
Tags: COVID-19, IDP, Kachin, military coup, youth
December 28, 2023
8 Minutes To ReadZa Latt Myay (pseudonym) discusses the life of a Myanmar refugee in India.
Tags: IDP, military coup, Mizoram, refugee, refugee camps
November 28, 2023
7 Minutes To Read Dawt (pseudonym) explains how her life and the experiences she went through changed before and after the military coup.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), military coup, Mizoram, National Unity Government (NUG)
November 6, 2023
6 Minutes To ReadLen (pseudonym) expresses how her struggles, traumatic experiences, and life have changed for the worse in the aftermath of the coup.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), civil war, military coup, Spring Revolution, youth, youth activism
November 1, 2023
8 Minutes To ReadZoheisa (pseudonym) documents how her way of life changed after participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and her resilience as a refugee in Mizoram.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), military coup, Mizoram, refugee, university
July 3, 2023
26 Minutes To ReadA study by Nyan Corridor describes the military coup’s consequences for political parties and their future options.
Tags: elections, military coup, political dialogue
April 4, 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
3 Minutes To ReadAung Kaung Myat considers the moral and analytical layers in addressing the military institution as “Tatmadaw” or “sit-tat.”
Tags: featured, military coup, Tatmadaw
October 3, 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
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
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
5 Minutes To ReadMi Chan (pseudonym) argues that Yale should assess its links to the Myanmar military.
Tags: military coup, Rohingya
May 26, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadAndrew M. Jefferson, Tomas Max Martin, Hannah Russell, and Ergün Cakal launch a research-focused post-coup essay series.
Tags: call for submissions, detention, law, military coup, Tatmadaw
May 24, 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
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
7 Minutes To ReadZung Ring (pseudonym) argues that the revolution’s outcome depends on bold decisions and effective leadership.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, ethnic armies, military coup, National League for Democracy (NLD)
April 21, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadKyaw Hsan Hlaing and Emily Fishbein argue that Myanmar’s media climate is dire under the junta but press freedoms in Rakhine State had already unraveled.
Tags: journalism, military coup, press freedom, Rakhine State
April 13, 2021
4 Minutes To ReadRio (pseudonym) writes about how his father, a soldier, understands the ongoing protests.
Tags: buddhist nationalism, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), military coup, Rohingya, Tatmadaw
April 12, 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
7 Minutes To ReadMark Adams (pseudonym) considers new pathways for a united front in Myanmar’s future.
Tags: Burmese, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), international aid, military coup
March 23, 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 ReadSix students from the University of Yangon analyze key themes in the military-controlled and state-owned media since the February 1st coup. On 1st February 2021, the Myanmar military staged a […]
Tags: ethnic armed organisations, media, military coup, Min Aung Hlaing, Myawaddy, social media
March 9, 2021
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
8 Minutes To ReadShona Loong reflects on grief, heartbreak, and hope among Karen communities after the February 2021 coup. Image courtesy of Shona Loong Words cannot express I found out about the coup on […]
Tags: Hpa-An, Karen, military coup
February 4, 2021