8 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant on navigating the media.
Tags: media, Rakhine State, social media, technology
September 29, 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
4 Minutes To ReadTinzar Htun reviews a new edition of Adam Simpson’s book on energy politics.
Tags: Book Review, energy, environment, security, Thailand
September 26, 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
6 Minutes To ReadMoegyo explores the recurring pattern of protest in Burma.
Tags: history, protest, saffron revolution
September 22, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadAileen Thomson reflects on commemorations of the pro-democracy struggle.
Tags: democracy, justice, memory, saffron revolution
September 21, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind talks with poet Khet Mar about her poem, “The Wound.”
Tags: Poetry, political prisoners, saffron revolution
September 20, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadJames T. Davies reviews Matthew Mullen’s book on understanding change in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, ceasefire, economy, ethnic armed organisations, insurgency
September 13, 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
7 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton highlights aspects of citizenship that are often ignored.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, citizenship, communication, Panglong Conference
September 7, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton highlights aspects of citizenship that are often ignored.
Tags: citizenship, communication, Panglong Conference
September 6, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee gives an overview of climate change-related risks for Myanmar.
Tags: climate change, environment, natural disaster
September 4, 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
13 Minutes To ReadElliot Brennan examines Myanmar’s health system, its successes and challenges.
Tags: inequality, National Health Plan, public health
August 30, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadShagun Gupta looks at gender equality in relation to age.
Tags: equality, gender, labour, women
August 28, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson analyzes the complexities of a post-Panglong peace process.
Tags: borderlands, demobilization, disarmament, economy, Panglong, peace process, reintegration
August 25, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson analyzes the complexities of a post-Panglong peace process.
Tags: borderlands, demobilization, disarmament, economy, Panglong, peace process, reintegration
August 24, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson analyzes the complexities of a post-Panglong peace process.
Tags: borderlands, demobilization, disarmament, economy, Panglong, peace process, reintegration
August 23, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Jayde Lin Roberts’ book on the Sino-Burmese in Yangon.
Tags: Book Review, Chinese, diaspora, identity, Yangon
August 22, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud and Thinn Thinn interviewed Min Ko Naing in July in Yangon. Mael Raynaud relates the conversation.
Tags: protest, saffron revolution
August 21, 2017
2 Minutes To ReadSeptember 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the so-called “Saffron Revolution.”
Tags: buddhism, protest, saffron revolution
3 Minutes To ReadVeronica Collins argues that government silence on Burma’s bloody past has led to ongoing human rights abuses.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, government, human rights, memory, National League for Democracy (NLD), reconciliation, Tatmadaw
August 18, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadAye Thiri Kyaw asks why sexual violence is so prevalent in Myanmar.
Tags: equality, gender, news, violence, women
August 16, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadShine Zaw-Aung reviews statistics on gender inequality.
Tags: equality, gender, government, rights, women
August 14, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadMay Thu Khine adds to the discussion on gender equality in Myanmar.
Tags: equality, gender, rights, women
August 11, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadBrandon Aung Moe challenges the notion of the disempowered Burmese woman.
Tags: culture, gender, rights, women, women's rights
August 9, 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 ReadDuncan Burry notes the promise ride-hailing apps hold for Myanmar’s future.
Tags: infrastructure, ride-hailing, transportation, Yangon
August 3, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadJulian Kirchherr and Matthew J Walton urge a shift of focus to other dams in Myanmar.
Tags: environment, Myitsone, National League for Democracy (NLD), Salween
August 1, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadYaw Bawm Mangshang analyzes reporting on ethnic conflict.
Tags: ethnic armed organisations, ethnicity, federalism, media, news
July 31, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska looks at language diversity and language policy.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, language, policy
July 27, 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
6 Minutes To ReadTea Circle reviews the last of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen. Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be found here, here and here.
Tags: conflict, diaspora, Karen, migration, National League for Democracy (NLD)
July 21, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadJustine Chambers reviews the third of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Tags: diaspora, ethnic minorities, Karen, migration
July 20, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadGreg Cathcart and Gerard McCarthy review the second of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Tags: ceasefire, governance, Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), peace process
July 19, 2017
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 ReadMatthew J Walton muses on the effects of misleading narratives of the independence era. The myths of ethnic unity are alive and well in contemporary Myanmar. While we might expect misleading […]
Tags: ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, independence, Panglong
July 13, 2017
9 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan digs into cross-border antiquities-smuggling practices.
Tags: borderlands, culture, Thai-Burma border, Thailand
July 10, 2017
7 Minutes To ReadPia Jolliffe interviews anthropologist Mikael Gravers.
Tags: anthropology, ethnicity, Karen, nationalism, research
July 6, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadPia Jolliffe interviews anthropologist Mikael Gravers.
Tags: anthropology, ethnic conflict, ethnicity, Karen, nationalism, research
July 5, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Melissa Crouch’s edited volume on Muslims in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, Islam, religion
July 3, 2017
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud looks at the factors that both impede and enable Myanmar’s politics.
Tags: civil society, governance, military, National League for Democracy (NLD), youth
June 29, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadDavid Dapice describes the internal and external challenges facing the present government.
Tags: China, ethnic conflict, Kokang, National League for Democracy (NLD)
June 26, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadDuncan Burry lays out a path for a revised Condominium Law.
Tags: development, housing, policy, urbanisation
June 23, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadMatt Grace reviews developments in the arts.
Tags: art, Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy (NLD), Yangon
June 22, 2017
7 Minutes To ReadCatriona Knapman offers her insight on changing facets of land reform.
Tags: agriculture, farmers, land reform, legal reform, peace, Tanintharyi
June 20, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadEMReF researchers discuss education reform, the local parliaments, federalism and peace. Editor’s note This article has been updated to include additional references. If the issues underlying the current political […]
Tags: decentralization, ethnic languages, federalism, governance, parliament
June 14, 2017
9 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee considers Myanmar’s artistic heritage in regional context.
June 12, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadErin McAuliffe considers trends in new research on Burma/Myanmar.
Tags: burma studies, Myanmar Studies
June 9, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadShae Frydenlund describes last month’s graduate student workshop.
Tags: burma studies, Myanmar Studies