2018/08/17 |
OPINION: Rohingya Refugees Remain Trapped in Catastrophe
One year after the outbreak of the crisis the Rohingya are no closer to a resolution.
2018/05/28 |
REVIEW: 'Divergent Paths' Explains Changing Fates of Myanmar and North Korea
One was embraced as a flowering democracy, the other remains a pariah state, but both governments remain paranoid and oppressive.
2018/05/15 |
How Southeast Asia Can Avoid Dutch Disease
The likes of Laos and Myanmar can avoid the middle-income trap by establishing mechanisms to invest their resource-driven revenues.
2018/05/11 |
ANALYSIS: How Facebook Is Damaging Myanmar's Fragile Democracy
Myanmar is becoming a forceful example of how unrestrained social media can polarize opinion and damage democracy.
2018/05/07 |
A Decade Later, Cyclone Nargis Still Holds Lessons for Myanmar
Myanmar has learned from the disaster, but it is prepared for the next one?
2018/05/06 |
Week in Focus: Journalists Killed in Afghanistan, Malaysia Vote Begins
A weekly roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2018/04/23 |
Who Will Ultimately Be Blamed for the Rohingya Crisis?
For decades, Myanmar’s leaders have feared that they may be brought before a court to account for their actions, but the issue goes far beyond military top brass.
2018/04/06 |
MYANMAR: Online Defamation Cases Are Silencing Critics
Civil society groups are trying to blow the lid off a de-facto censorship law in Myanmar as defamation cases increase under the democratically elected government.
2018/03/29 |
Decades of Rohingya Tensions Still Strain the Myanmar-Bangladesh Relationship
The Rohingya crisis isn't a recent phenomenon, but new kinds of international pressure will be needed to resolve it.
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.
