Rethinking Rebel Governance and Conflict Studies in/through Myanmar
12 Minutes To ReadDavid Brenner reflects on rebel governance in Myanmar and how it challenges Conflict Studies paradigms.
Myanmar’s Search for Normalcy in an Abnormal World
14 Minutes To ReadMatthew Arnold discusses the importance of seeing Myanmar as a country undergoing normalization.
“Towards Decentralized Power for Improved Efficiency in the MSME Sector”: A Survey of Decentralization in the MSME Sector: NEI Findings and Recommendations Going Forward
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.
Waste Management in the Chin Capital: An Urgent Challenge for Municipalities and Citizens
7 Minutes To ReadSalai Van Bawi Mang summarizes the challenges for adequate waste management in Chin State.
Water Shortage, Water Governance, and the Future of Water Supply in Hakha
13 Minutes To ReadVan Cung Lian presents new perspectives on water issues and the future of water supply in Hakha.
Myanmar Transformed? People, Places and Politics edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly and Chit Win, ISEAS, Singapore, 2018, 333 Pages.
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 […]
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar edited by Adam Simpson, Nicholas Farrelly and Ian Holliday, Routledge, 2018, 452 pages.
11 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud reviews a new resource for scholarship on Myanmar.
“Rowdy monks” or a crisis of monastic authority?
7 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at Ma Ba Tha’s persistence in the light of criticisms.
The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics (Part 2)
5 Minutes To ReadGreg Cathcart and Gerard McCarthy review the second of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
The dynamics behind Myanmar’s political consensus
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud looks at the factors that both impede and enable Myanmar’s politics.