The Quest for Recognition: Redefining Indigenous Identity in Myanmar
10 Minutes To ReadNaing Min Khant argues that Myanmar’s failure to define and protect indigenous rights hinders social justice and fuels ethnic conflicts.
Escalating Crisis in Myanmar from a Cross-border Perspective
9 Minutes To ReadCV Lalmalsawmi discusses the repercussions of Myanmar’s coup from across the border in Mizoram.
Non-profit Higher Education Institutions in Chin State: From Survival to Sustainability
7 Minutes To ReadNitha Bor Siangpum explores the sustainability of non-profit higher education in Chin State.
Tea Circle Event: “The Coup Won’t Eradicate Our Future” | ငါတို့အနာဂတ် ငါတို့ပြန်ပေး
< 1 minuteThe Coup Won’t Eradicate Our Future” | ငါတို့အနာဂတ် ငါတို့ပြန်ပေး Tea Circle presents a conversation between Myanmar’s youth protest participants & leaders, moderated by youth advocate and activist Ma Thinzar Shun […]
Opium’s Calculus (Part 3: An Ordinary Place)
11 Minutes To ReadIn the final part of this series, Bobby Anderson elaborates on the realities of opium-growing areas of Chin state, and their divergence from both existing stereotypes and the triage described in Part One and Two.
Opium’s Calculus (Part 2: The Experience of Northern Chin and Tonzang)
13 Minutes To ReadIn Part Two of a three-part series, Bobby Anderson examines the case of Tonzang and its exception to conditions for opium-funded insurgencies in Myanmar, as outlined in Part One.
Opium’s Calculus (Part 1: Abacus Beads)
22 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson, in Part One of a three-part series on opium and insurgency in Tonzang, examines some elements of traditional understandings of insurgency, statebuilding and opium.
Myanmar’s violent road to ‘peace’
21 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury analyses the recent bouts of rebel-military violence in Myanmar and assesses their implications for the peace process ahead.
The Limits of Development and Control in the Borderlands of Burma: An Ecology of Conflict and Control (Part II)
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 […]
The Limits of Development and Control in the Borderlands of Burma (Part I)
7 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson writes about Paletwa, in southern Chin State, in a two-part series.