14 Minutes To ReadMatthew Arnold discusses the importance of seeing Myanmar as a country undergoing normalization.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, governance, Karen National Union (KNU), National League for Democracy (NLD), transition, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
September 17, 2020
12 Minutes To ReadJasnea Sarma speaks to security guards in Yangon about wider insecurities in the city.
Tags: CCTV, economy, security, surveillance, transition, urbanisation, Yangon
March 17, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews a new anthology on Myanmar’s political transition and governance. Myanmar’s transformation from a military dictatorship to a relatively democratic form of governance has been under scrutiny for […]
Tags: Book Review, borderlands, ethnicity, governance, land rights, peace process, transition
July 17, 2019
7 Minutes To ReadGabrielle Maginness writes about challenges to Myanmar’s transition to federalism.
Tags: federalism, law, rule of law, transition
November 7, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadNyein Thiri Swe and Zaw Min Oo from the Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF) assess the performance of the sub-national parliaments and change in their structural constraints since the transition.
Tags: Hluttaw, parliament, states and regions, transition
August 14, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAlex Bescoby argues against staging Myanmar’s transition as a tale of good and evil.
Tags: independence, transition
January 8, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud considers the enduring legacy of a key figure in Myanmar’s transition.
Tags: democracy, reform, transition
January 2, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadTea Circle reviews the first of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Tags: diaspora, ethnic minorities, Karen, migration, transition
July 18, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadKyaw Sit Naing describes the difficulties of entrepreneurship in Myanmar.
Tags: finance, technology, transition
May 25, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadStephen Weedon discusses the state of Myanmar’s insurance industry.
Tags: investment, transition
May 23, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadDiana Huynh examines the historical and contemporary controversy of the Rangoon University Student Union.
Tags: National League for Democracy (NLD), transition, Yangon, youth activism
May 8, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind asks whether land claims might be calls for a re-orientation of time.
Tags: land, transition
January 10, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadAung Khant reflects on possibilities available to Myanmar youth, and the future openings and lingering limits they represent.
Tags: transition, youth
December 1, 2016
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Bannerjee reviews Richard Cockett’s new book on Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, transition
August 31, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 3 of 3-part post.
Tags: justice, refugees, transition
August 13, 2016
5 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 1 of a 3-part series. Editor’s Note What follows is the first of a series […]
Tags: Karen, refugees, transition
August 9, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind writes about knowing and knowledge in Shan State.
Tags: ethnicity, political dialogue, Shan State, transition
May 29, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind suggests new ways to understand change and its manifestations in Myanmar.
Tags: land, research, transition
May 11, 2016
3 Minutes To ReadReshmi Bannerjee reviews Nick Cheesman’s latest book on rule of law in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, law, rule of law, transition
March 15, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadTea Circle features the fourth and final installment of our series summarizing the recent workshop, “Towards Democracy and Reconciliation: Challenges Facing Myanmar’s Incoming Government.”
Tags: democracy, displacement, election, ethnicity, peace, transition
March 4, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadIn Part 3 of our 4-part series, Tea Circle summarizes the recent workshop, “Towards Democracy and Reconciliation: Challenges Facing Myanmar’s Incoming Government.”
Tags: democracy, development, international aid, militarization, National League for Democracy (NLD), religious conflict, transition
March 3, 2016
7 Minutes To ReadRasmus Schjoedt considers the implications of the elections on Myanmar’s political transition.
Tags: democracy, rule of law, transition
February 19, 2016
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
3 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant considers recent political reforms in Myanmar.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, National League for Democracy (NLD), transition
February 2, 2016
5 Minutes To ReadMyanmar has witnessed its fair share of demonstrations and protests against successive military juntas and political authorities. Communities have also come together against the construction of big development projects and dams (against Myitsone, Chibwe) and have been successful in halting devastation to their ecology. Interestingly, the spirit of activism in the country is not a post-independence phenomenon. Rebellion was common in the pre-colonial times.
Tags: land, land reform, protest, transition
January 28, 2016
7 Minutes To ReadIn Part 1 of a 2-part post, Reshmi Bannerjee considers some of the challenges with land rights and reform in Myanmar.
Tags: agriculture, history, Kachin, land, land rights, Shan State, transition
January 26, 2016
2 Minutes To ReadA little over 27 years ago, the people of Myanmar watched helplessly as their protests for democratisation were put down by the Burmese military in one of the most violent […]
Tags: democracy, election, transition, voting
November 9, 2015
4 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind explores how Myanmar’s rural regions think about progress in the midst of Myanmar’s transition.
Tags: democracy, election, land, transition
November 7, 2015