Foreigners, Fighting and Phaleristics: Military Medals in British Burma
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 […]
Keiji Suzuki: The Japanese Lawrence of Arabia who helped end British Rule in Myanmar
5 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson discusses Japanese Officer Keiji Suzuki’s role in Myanmar’s independence movement.
Burma at 70: why it’s time to end the Myanmar morality play
5 Minutes To ReadAlex Bescoby argues against staging Myanmar’s transition as a tale of good and evil.
Myanmar’s Myths of Ethnic Unity
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 […]
Myanmar Follows an Older ‘Indonesian Model’
3 Minutes To ReadKevin W. Fogg looks at the new constitutional arrangements in Myanmar.