2018/03/26 |
Is Myanmar's Leadership Too Old for the Job?
The graying leadership of the ruling National League for Democracy is an impediment to real change.
2018/03/17 |
Healing Wounds on the Thai-Myanmar Border
The withdraw of aid to support Myanmarese migrants on the Thai side of the border spotlights the challenges that remain to offer them a safe path home.
2018/03/17 |
Week in Focus: China Begins a New Era; Scandal in Japan
A weekly roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2018/02/18 |
REVIEW: 'The Authoritarian Public Sphere' Ponders the Resilience of Dictatorships
In this book, Alexander Dukalskis offers insight into the efforts of three of Asia’s longest standing authoritarian regimes to legitimize and maintain their rule.
2018/01/26 |
British Boatbuilders Still Using Illegal Burmese Teak
Hundreds of thousands of tons of illegal timber are exported from Myanmar illegally every year.
2018/01/20 |
Hope Fades over Myanmar's Crackdown on Journalists
Myanmar-based Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo now face up to 14 years in prison.
2018/01/12 |
Can Myanmar Wean Itself Off North Korea?
North Korea remains a stable source of materiel and military expertise for Myanmar.
2018/01/05 |
Can India's 'Military Diplomacy' Help Pacify Myanmar?
India is using UN peacekeeping exercises to keep Myanmar internationally engaged.
2017/12/25 |
The Church and Peacebuilding in Myanmar's Chin State
The role of the Church in peacebuilding in Chin state will be significant as long as people there are influenced by their religion and the institution continues to make the process a primary concern.
2017/12/14 |
Myanmar Refugees Face Resettlement Funding Crisis
Ethnic minority populations are not as excited about repatriation to Myanmar as their foreign aid donors.
2017/10/12 |
Rohingya Face Conflux of Conflict, Development and Disaster
The ethnic cleansing and wholesale expulsion of Rohingyas from Rakhine state in Myanmar highlight how forced migration of minority communities is driven by identity politics and land grabs for development.
2017/09/28 |
Why Is India Threatening to Deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims?
The threat of deportation is adding more grief to the lives of Rohingya refugees.
2017/09/27 |
A False Dawn for Media Freedom in Myanmar?
Myanmar faces a range of human rights which needs a free press and activists who can operate peacefully without fear of repercussions.
2017/09/21 |
CARTOON: Aung San Suu Kyi's Head Buried in the Sand?
Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not know why people are fleeing and 'since the fifth of September, there have been no armed clashes and there have been no clearance operations.'
2017/09/20 |
Myanmar Must Accept Responsibility for Rohingya alongside Openness to Diversity
With no end in sight to the plight of the Rohyinga Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh, and an underwhelming response from de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the clock is ticking for Myanmar to accept historical responsibility and open its arms to multiculturalism.
2017/09/18 |
Stranger Kings: Ancient Traditions of Chinese Power in Northeastern Myanmar
'As the Chinese state extends its reach beyond its traditional power bases in the Sino-Myanmar hills and lowland urban centers to developing a major port off the Rakhine coast, it pays to be aware of the longstanding motif of strategic Chinese infiltration,' Dawkins writes.
