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
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
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
11 Minutes To ReadMichael Lidauer explores electoral politics in Myanmar.
Tags: Burma, coup, elections, myanmar, peace process, Rakhine State
May 19, 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
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
8 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson discovers some curious displays in Pansodan’s thriving book stalls.
Tags: Rakhine State, Rohingya, Yangon
September 17, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson argues that the imposition of economic sanctions on Myanmar will not help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: citizenship, economy, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
June 26, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadHtet Thiha Zaw uses night time satellite images to confirm likely resettlement in Rohingya areas.
Tags: conflict, Rakhine State, resettlement, Rohingya, Sittwe
May 28, 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
7 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson writes about Paletwa, in southern Chin State, in a two-part series.
Tags: borderlands, borders, Chin, Rakhine State
May 17, 2018
10 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth probes the relationship between social media and conflict and its evolution over the past year.
Tags: civil society, conflict, Facebook, government, hate speech, Rakhine State, Rohingya, social media, Tatmadaw, Year in Review
May 10, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadAlice Dawkins argues that foreign lawyers should not overshadow the work of Myanmar’s activist lawyers.
Tags: freedom of speech, journalism, justice, law, media, Rakhine State, Rohingya
April 5, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadHunter Marston explores the divergent perspectives of international scholars and the people of Myanmar.
Tags: knowledge, media, Myanmar Studies, Rakhine State, Rohingya
February 16, 2018
2 Minutes To ReadKyaw Sint addresses his hopes for the future in a letter to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, justice, Rakhine State, rule of law
February 12, 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
5 Minutes To ReadRosalie Metro finds persistent truths in the midst of (everyone’s) biased discussions of the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: Rakhine State, Rohingya
December 15, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadRenaud Egreteau asks how the legislature could provide more oversight on the recent Rakhine State crisis.
Tags: parliament, Rakhine State, Rohingya, Tatmadaw
December 7, 2017
8 Minutes To Read Kim Jolliffe continues looking at impacts of the Rakhine State crisis on Myanmar’s international relations.
Tags: diplomacy, foreign relations, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
November 2, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadKim Jolliffe highlights impacts of the Rakhine State conflict on Myanmar’s international relations in a two-part post.
Tags: diplomacy, foreign relations, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
November 1, 2017
11 Minutes To ReadShae A. Frydenlund uses a different lens to analyse the Rakhine State crisis.
Tags: feminism, neoliberalism, Rakhine State, Rohingya
October 25, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant on navigating the media.
Tags: media, Rakhine State, social media, technology
September 29, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadHaroon Atcha argues for a more critical appraisal of Myanmar’s de facto leader.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy (NLD), Rakhine State, Rohingya
September 25, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadKhinZaw Win on the worsening, bloody business-as-usual in Rakhine.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy (NLD), Rakhine State, Rohingya, Tatmadaw
September 11, 2017