Now or Never
4 Minutes To ReadDaw Htay Htay Win considers Myanmar’s current critical juncture of political urgencies and social imperatives.
What’s in a name: Is the NLD building bridges or burning them?
10 Minutes To ReadCecile Medail examines voices of local people in Mon State on the power of symbolic gestures in building trust between groups.
No Excuse for Aung San Suu Kyi’s (In)actions
6 Minutes To ReadHaroon Atcha argues for a more critical appraisal of Myanmar’s de facto leader.
Muddling Through in Rakhine is Not Enough
4 Minutes To ReadKhinZaw Win on the worsening, bloody business-as-usual in Rakhine.
Burma’s “Shackles of the Past” are Today’s Wounds
3 Minutes To ReadVeronica Collins argues that government silence on Burma’s bloody past has led to ongoing human rights abuses.
Why the NLD government needs to renegotiate the Salween dams
4 Minutes To ReadJulian Kirchherr and Matthew J Walton urge a shift of focus to other dams in Myanmar.
The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics (Part 4)
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.
The dynamics behind Myanmar’s political consensus
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud looks at the factors that both impede and enable Myanmar’s politics.
Myanmar: Looking In and Facing Out
5 Minutes To ReadDavid Dapice describes the internal and external challenges facing the present government.
The Poet Parliament – an artistic administration ready to deliver?
8 Minutes To ReadMatt Grace reviews developments in the arts.