13 Minutes To ReadMon Paing Ga Ghu, Hein Paing Htoo Chit, Karl Flecker and Yee Mon Hsu report on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Mon State.
Tags: agriculture, COVID-19, economy, Mon State, tourism
July 14, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses the hardships unionists face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, labour, labour rights, trade unions, workers' rights
July 9, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadJae Park and Alexandre Pelletier call attention to gender in thinking about conflict in Myanmar. Despite the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, Myanmar is still at war with itself as fighting […]
Tags: conflict, decentralization, democratization, ethnic conflict, gender, Kachin, labour rights, peace process, Rakhine, shan, violence
July 8, 2020
18 Minutes To ReadMyat Thet Thitsar and Markus Kostner argue that heeding lessons from Cyclone Nargis can help Myanmar to overcome the impact of the pandemic response.
Tags: COVID-19, cyclone nargis, development, economy, microfinance, migration, remittances
July 6, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadJangai Jap explains findings from a recent public opinion survey of Kachin in Myanmar.
Tags: citizenship, ethnic minorities, Jinghpaw, Kachin, nationalism
July 2, 2020
4 Minutes To ReadKeith Lyons reviews a book that offers insights into a Myanmar beyond the tourist gaze.
Tags: Book Review, colonialism, tourism, travel, travelogue
June 29, 2020
14 Minutes To ReadAl Lim discusses issues affecting Myanmar’s COVID-19 stimulus package and ways to improve it.
Tags: ASEAN, COVID-19, economy, finance, public health
June 25, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadKassandra Neranjan and Sakshi Shetty consider the specific vulnerabilities women face in Myanmar in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, garment factories, gender, IDP, labour rights, pandemic, women, workers' rights
June 15, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadSai Latt highlights the need to investigate racial thinking for political and social change in Myanmar.
Tags: ceasefire, COVID-19, discrimination, racism
June 1, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson reviews Andrew Selth’s 2019 book on Myanmar’s notorious intelligence services.
Tags: Book Review, ceasefire, prison, security, Tatmadaw, United Wa State Army (UWSA)
May 18, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadYatana Yamahata explores the reasons behind the Tatmadaw’s stronghold over Myanmar politics.
Tags: ceasefire, development, economy, ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), Tatmadaw
May 13, 2020
13 Minutes To ReadKyawt Thuzar and Zoe Matthews discuss the links between civic-oriented pedagogy in Myanmar classrooms and conflict transformation.
Tags: conflict, ethnicity, nationalism, peace, pedagogy, sustainable development
May 7, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadYee Mon Hsu describes some of the findings in NEI’s new report on the decentralization of the MSME sector in Mon and Kayin states.
Tags: decentralization, development, governance, Kayin, Mon, National Enlightenment Institute (NEI)
May 5, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadEwan Cameron argues that we need to see ethnic languages as resources rather than problems to be overcome.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, Karen, Mon, Sgaw Karen
April 28, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadElizabeth Rhoads reviews Ardeth Thawngmung’s 2019 book on the politics of quotidian survival strategies in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, economy, livelihoods
April 22, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadMichael Edwards asks how to navigate Yangon using a transit map of Seoul.
Tags: buddhism, Christianity, modernity, religion, South Korea, Yangon
April 21, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadDavid Brenner discusses the synergies and productive tensions between different perspectives on Rebel Politics.
Tags: ethnic armed organisations, Kachin, Karen, political economy, rebel politics, rebellion, Salween
April 17, 2020
4 Minutes To ReadKai Htang Lashi comments on Rebel Politics from the perspective of a Kachin activist.
Tags: activism, ethnic armed organisations, Kachin, peacebuilding, rebel politics
April 16, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadShona Loong discusses what Rebel Politics tells us about peacebuilding among Karen communities.
Tags: ethnic armed organisations, Kachin, Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, peacebuilding, rebel politics
April 15, 2020
4 Minutes To ReadLee Jones discusses the merits of Rebel Politics in light of wider trends in the fields of Myanmar Studies and Conflict Studies. This is Part One of a four-part commentary on […]
Tags: conflict studies, ethnic armed organisations, Kachin, Karen, rebel politics
April 14, 2020
2 Minutes To ReadThis is an introduction to a four-part commentary on David Brenner’s monograph, Rebel Politics: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar’s Borderlands (Cornell University Press, 2019), in which the authors […]
Tags: borderlands, conflict, ethnic armed organisations, Kachin, Karen, rebel politics, rebellion
5 Minutes To ReadAung Hein and Paul Minoletti’s recent report on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis highlights some policy recommendations for the Government of Myanmar.
Tags: COVID-19, pandemic, policy
April 10, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadNicole Tu-Maung and Matthew Venker trace state narratives about COVID-19 in Myanmar at a critical point in the onset of the pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, pandemic, public health
April 9, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadYadanar Oo, Naw Tah Mu Lar and Maggi Quadrini write about how a football tournament along the Thai-Burma border challenged gender stereotypes faced by young women and girls on the pitch.
Tags: borders, gender, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, Thai-Burma border, women's rights
April 8, 2020
4 Minutes To ReadTony Scott introduces an important new digital archive of Myanmar manuscripts.
Tags: buddhism, manuscripts, Pali
April 1, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadMyo Min explores the long-term effects of Myanmar’s 2008 Cyclone Nargis.
Tags: citizenship, civil society, cyclone nargis, employment, environment, labour rights, migrants, natural disaster, Yangon
March 30, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadSalai Van Bawi Mang summarizes the challenges for adequate waste management in Chin State.
Tags: Chin State, environment, governance, Hakha, public health, sustainability, waste management
March 19, 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
11 Minutes To ReadJasnea Sarma explores the contours of an emerging private security and surveillance culture in Yangon in Part 1 of a 2-part series.
Tags: CCTV, China, security, Singapore, surveillance, Yangon
March 16, 2020
12 Minutes To ReadFrances O’Morchoe details the lesser-known history of the Myanmar-China railway in nineteenth-century Burma.
Tags: borders, China, colonial burma, history, Islam, Panthay, railways, Shan State, Yunnan
March 2, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadEdgard Rodriguez considers the role of investing in think tanks to support Myanmar’s ongoing reforms.
Tags: democracy, development, policy, research
February 26, 2020
18 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant presents different approaches to public infrastructure projects.
Tags: development, infrastructure, Special Economic Zone (SEZ), transportation, urban planning, urbanisation, Yangon
February 5, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadYay Chann argues that Myanmar should develop hydropower sustainably to meet the country’s power demands.
Tags: development, environment, peacebuilding, resources, sustainability
January 16, 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
8 Minutes To ReadThomas David Dowling concludes his three-part series on the Extinction Rebellion in Myanmar.
Tags: climate change, environment, Extinction Rebellion
January 3, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadIn Part Two of a three-part series, Thomas David Dowling explores the limits of applying Extinction Rebellion tactics in Myanmar.
Tags: climate change, environment, Extinction Rebellion, security
January 2, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadThomas David Dowling discusses environmental movements and current climate change issues in Myanmar, Part One of a three-part series on Extinction Rebellion in Myanmar.
Tags: activism, climate change, environment, Extinction Rebellion, protest
January 1, 2020
14 Minutes To ReadAndrew Selth assesses the value of military medals to researchers interested in Burma’s modern history. It has been said that a country’s culture is a window unto its soul. With this […]
Tags: history, independence
December 23, 2019
6 Minutes To ReadLynn Htwe looks at responses to Sitagu Sayadaw’s comments on Pagan’s recognition by UNESCO.
Tags: Bagan, buddhism, Facebook, MaBaTha, nationalism, social media, UNESCO
December 4, 2019
14 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton and Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi warn that the sentiments underlying “Buddhist nationalist” activities remain strong, dangerous and misunderstood. After a period of flourishing under the USDP government, Ma Ba […]
Tags: activism, buddhism, Burman, ethnic minorities, feminism, MaBaTha, National League for Democracy (NLD), race
December 2, 2019
6 Minutes To ReadKhin Mar Mar Kyi reviews Ward Keeler’s book on gender and Burmese Buddhist practices in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, gender, masculinity
November 27, 2019
10 Minutes To ReadNilar Khaing explores some problems facing women’s access to healthcare and reproductive services in rural Tanintharyi.
Tags: gender, IDP, National Health Plan, sex education, Tanintharyi, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်
November 25, 2019
7 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini argues that funding requirements for locally run non-profits put them at a disadvantage.
Tags: borders, community-based organization (CBO), donors, international aid, Karen, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, refugees, Thai-Burma border
November 19, 2019
10 Minutes To ReadHtet Aung Shine discusses how a PPP framework should balance economic interest with environmental and social safeguarding.
Tags: energy, environment, finance, investment, law, policy, water supply
November 6, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadDaniel Wood reviews how Myanmar Media in Transition unravels legacies of authoritarianism, carving new spaces for dissent.
Tags: authoritarianism, Book Review, censorship, journalism, media, social media
November 4, 2019
13 Minutes To ReadVan Cung Lian presents new perspectives on water issues and the future of water supply in Hakha.
Tags: Chin State, environment, governance, groundwater, Hakha, water supply
October 28, 2019
2 Minutes To ReadJana-Chin Rué Glutting introduces a new project by the Centre for Economic and Social Development and Global Development Network.
October 23, 2019
12 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses trade unionism and labour disputes in Myanmar.
Tags: labour rights, law, trade unions, workers' rights
October 14, 2019
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
14 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud presents new elements in the debates around Article 261 (b) of the 2008 Constitution.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, constitutional reform, decentralization, federalism, Hluttaw, National League for Democracy (NLD), reform, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
September 30, 2019