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
3 Minutes To ReadMatthew Walton speaks about his conversation with a taxi sayama in Yangon.
Tags: gender, livelihoods, women, Yangon
January 21, 2016
3 Minutes To ReadMaung Bo Bo considers the implications of Myanmar’s recent election for its political future.
Tags: Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi, election
January 16, 2016
6 Minutes To ReadLee Jones explores the possibilities for democracy under the NLD in Myanmar.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, election, National League for Democracy (NLD)
December 8, 2015
4 Minutes To ReadPia Joliffe reviews a historical fiction book on early modern Southeast Asia.
Tags: Book Review, colonialism, history
December 4, 2015
3 Minutes To ReadVen (pseudonym) notes the difficulties facing the new NLD government.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, election, National League for Democracy (NLD)
November 29, 2015
4 Minutes To ReadKevin W. Fogg analyzes the political situation in Myanmar.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, election
November 23, 2015
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
3 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant recounts a memorable event on Friday the 13th.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, election, National League for Democracy (NLD)
November 13, 2015
4 Minutes To ReadNyi Nyi Kyaw examines the politics of the Muslim vote.
Tags: election, Islam, Rohingya, voting, Yangon
November 10, 2015
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
3 Minutes To ReadVen (pseudonym) reflects on voting as an overseas citizen.
November 6, 2015
4 Minutes To ReadMatthew Walton considers the range of topics in recent work on Myanmar.
Tags: burma studies, Burmese, democracy, Karen, refugees, religious conflict, research
November 4, 2015
3 Minutes To ReadTea Circle’s founders discuss the site’s goals for Myanmar/Burma studies with this inaugural post.
Tags: tea circle