11 Minutes To ReadHurriyah tracks how government policies and political actors have shifted sentiment toward the Rohingya from solidarity to hostility. Refugee Camp in Pidie. Photo Credit: Hurriyah
Tags: ASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, public opinion, refugee, Rohingya, Southeast Asia
March 27, 2025
7 Minutes To ReadAt the University of Toronto, Napas Thein explores how once-divided diaspora communities come together in a discussion around belonging. Photo Credit: Wa Lone
Tags: diaspora, ethnicity, event, photography, reconciliation, Rohingya, Toronto
March 21, 2025
5 Minutes To ReadGreg Constantine shares stories about Rohingya educational achievement in Myanmar, from the photo project Ek Khaale, which documents Rohingya belonging in Myanmar.
Tags: education, ethnicity, event, photography, Rohingya, Toronto
January 20, 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
6 Minutes To ReadMd. Salman Rahman and Fatema Tuz Zohra Nowreen argue that religious misinterpretation traps Rohingya women in suffering.
Tags: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), gender, human rights, Islam, Muslim, polygamy, refugees, Rohingya, United Nations (UN), violence
August 28, 2024
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
6 Minutes To ReadSayedul Karim shares insights from leading national & international scholars focusing on Myanmar Studies.
Tags: development, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, federalism, IDRC, Institute of Human Rights and Democratic Governance (IHRDG), Karen State, labour rights, People's Defence Force (PDF), policy, Rohingya, Salween, Spring Revolution, Spring University Myanmar (SUM)
June 18, 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
8 Minutes To ReadCielo (pseudonym) argues that targeting Christians and the re-emergence of Pyu Saw Htee triggered the military’s motivation to commit atrocities.
Tags: bamar, buddhism, Chin State, Christianity, ethnic armed organisations, human rights, Islam, Karen National Union (KNU), karenni, Rohingya, Sagaing
May 15, 2023
15 Minutes To ReadZin Wai Yan argues that the Burman majority should educate themselves for the good of all oppressed.
Tags: discrimination, National Unity Government (NUG), oppression, Rohingya
January 24, 2022
11 Minutes To ReadThis is Part 2 of a two-part interview with the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min. Read Part One here.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic armies, human rights, National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), Rohingya
May 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
10 Minutes To ReadAxel Harneit-Sievers cautions against a problematic argument made in a new publication.
Tags: Book Review, colonialism, development, human rights, international law, law, Rohingya
April 19, 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
13 Minutes To ReadBuilding on a rich discussion, Indrė Balčaitė explores the everyday politics of race in Myanmar.
Tags: Chinese, citizenship, myanmar, race, racism, Rohingya, tainyinthar
November 12, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadVan Lal Thuam Lian @ Thuama imagines the feelings in Aung San Suu Kyi’s innermost being.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Rohingya
July 30, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadChu May Paing reviews a new book on narratives of siege and fear in three cities of Myanmar.
Tags: Arakan, Book Review, Islam, Mandalay, Rakhine, Rohingya, Yangon
January 9, 2020
16 Minutes To ReadBertie Alexander Lawson explores the moral questions surrounding travel to Myanmar.
Tags: Inle Lake, morality, Nyaungshwe, Rakhine, Rohingya, tourism, travel
October 7, 2019
6 Minutes To ReadElliott Prasse-Freeman argues that a new book sacrifices analytical rigor for antipolitical “objectivity.”
Tags: Book Review, diaspora, Rakhine, Rohingya
March 20, 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
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
Tags: buddhism, buddhist nationalism, media, nationalism, Rohingya, social media
June 13, 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
5 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling suggests a more nuanced approach to Leeds United’s controversial tour in Myanmar.
Tags: ethics, foreign investment, Rohingya, sports
May 11, 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
12 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson reflects on the history of UN Special Rapporteurs in Burma.
Tags: Arakan, diplomacy, human rights, Rohingya, United Nations (UN)
April 2, 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
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
5 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth muses on the recent Myanmar-Bangladesh Rohingya repatriation accord.
Tags: Rakhine, refugees, repatriation, Rohingya
December 13, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadPaul Sztumpf argues that the international community needs to change its humanitarian support strategy.
Tags: humanitarian aid, IDP, international aid, Karen, Rakhine, refugees, Rohingya, Shan State
December 12, 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
14 Minutes To ReadTim Frewer shows the limits of liberal analyses of the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: conflict, liberalism, neoliberalism, policy, Rohingya
October 19, 2017
17 Minutes To ReadSoe Lin Aung offers an intervention into analyses of the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, capitalism, history, Rohingya
September 27, 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
6 Minutes To ReadAye Thein argues that the international influences on “Buddhist extremism” have been overlooked.
Tags: buddhism, Islam, nationalism, religious conflict, Rohingya
September 1, 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
4 Minutes To ReadMatthew Walton explores the future of MaBaTha after the NLD victory.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, buddhism, election, MaBaTha, National League for Democracy (NLD), Rohingya
November 21, 2015
4 Minutes To ReadNyi Nyi Kyaw examines the politics of the Muslim vote.
Tags: election, Islam, Rohingya, voting, Yangon
November 10, 2015