Analysis Contributor Lead Story
Justice in Burma: Wounds on the wall
Veronica Collins argues that a museum run by former political prisoners showcases the lasting impact of state brutality on Burmese society.
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Democratising the public space in Burma
Aye Thein argues that the NLD government is taking a sledgehammer approach to the issue of freedom of assembly in Burma.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Women's Issues
Reclaiming the narrative on women in Burma
As ongoing violence in Burma continues to forcibly displace thousands of people, women are too often being represented as victims within the narrative of conflict.
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Analysis Contributor Lead Story Politics
How the NLD keeps its lawmakers under control
Renaud Egreteau argues that potential dissidents within the National League for Democracy are unlikely to gain influence in the near term.
Analysis Lead Story News Women's Issues
Rape avoidance 101: Government advice on curbing sexual assault elicits scorn
The Home Affairs Ministry has been blasted for re-enforcing harmful assumptions about gender-based violence after it released a document positing that women consuming alcohol was among the leading causes of the rape of women and children.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Women's Issues
Women’s equal participation matters for everybody
On this year’s Nordic Day, the diplomatic missions of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are highlighting their countries’ strong and continued commitment to gender equality — domestically, in Burma and beyond.
Burma at 70: Why it’s time to end the Myanmar morality play
An argument against staging Burma’s transition as a tale of good and evil.
Commentary: Burma’s legislature is missing link in Rakhine crisis
Renaud Egreteau asks how the legislature could provide more oversight on the recent Rakhine State crisis.
Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story Peace Process
Resolving northern stalemate is key to peace in Burma
Insofar as the Union government’s agenda for ethnic reconciliation is concerned, there is little doubt that the north, where the most powerful rebel armies operate, holds the key to a permanent negotiated settlement.
Analysis Arakan Contributor Lead Story Rohingya
The EU has failed the Rohingya, but it’s not too late to act
It’s difficult to read the accounts of alleged human rights violations by the Burmese military against Rohingya Muslims of Arakan State, but those who fled to Bangladesh are describing what has happened because they want help. They want the world to act.
In changing Burma, a question of civil-military dynamics looms large
The role of the military in Burma’s ongoing political evolution raises questions at a three-day forum on democracy held recently in the capital Naypyidaw.
Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story Opinion Peace Process
Post-Panglong, peace process challenges remain
The second session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference made substantial progress that offers a beacon of hope for sustainable peace in Burma, but key hurdles remain.
Analysis Contributor Human Rights Lead Story News
Human rights ‘a cornerstone of Swedish foreign policy’
Protecting and promoting human rights is a cornerstone of Swedish foreign policy and forms a central part of its engagement in Myanmar, the country’s ambassador-at-large for human rights writes.
Yangon University, students and the state of national affairs, once again
Diana Hunyh examines the historical and contemporary controversy of the Rangoon University Student Union.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Opinion
Transparency lacking, visa blacklist continues to bar rights advocates
A visa blacklist still bars hundreds of people from entering Burma. The government must be more transparent about the roster and its justification, Burma Campaign UK’s Mark Farmaner writes.
Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story
Ethnic communities protest dams risking lives, cultures and environments
Ethnic communities across Burma are raising their voices to strongly oppose plans by the Burma government and the global hydropower industry to build large dams that threaten to destroy their lives and livelihoods.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Opinion
Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics
Perspectives on Burma’s waterways have been polarised into two competing positions: focusing on developing its vast hydropower potential and advocating for local communities’ needs and concerns.
Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story Opinion
On marriage equality and the state of Burma’s Union
With last week’s Union Day commemorations, some thoughts on the state of Burma’s quest for national reconciliation and an end to decades of civil war.
Analysis Contributor Human Rights Lead Story Opinion
In NLD era, why do political prisoners remain?
Nearly a year since the NLD formed a government, prisoners of conscience remain, and people are still being targeted for peaceful political activities.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story
Diverse perceptions of the Irrawaddy River Valley among its inhabitants
For centuries, the Irrawaddy River has served as Burma’s main riverine artery, but what does the future hold for this important waterway?
Analysis ASEAN Contributor International Relations Lead Story
ASEAN lacks plan to halt violent extremism
Last year was one of rising terrorist activity for Southeast Asia, and 2017 could bring more of the same if steps are not taken to enhance counter-terrorism measures in the region.
Suu Kyi fails to break silence after adviser shot dead
The assassination of Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer and a key member of Burma’s ruling National League for Democracy, has dealt a big blow to the country’s democratisation.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story
U Ko Ni: A legacy to be continued
Many worthy tributes have already been paid to the late U Ko Ni in the days since he was tragically taken away from us. Much more remains to be said, and done.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story
Hydro workshops, assessment not a green light for development
The ongoing Strategic Environmental Assessment of the hydropower sector in Myanmar does not determine the fate of planned or future hydropower projects and rather is a tool for decision-makers to be better informed of countrywide environmental and social risks.
Analysis International Relations Lead Story Opinion
Trump on Burma still a mystery
US President-elect Donald Trump has not made any public statements on what his administration’s policy toward Burma will be, but he is unlikely to take a strong personal interest in the country as his predecessor has.
Analysis Arakan Conflict Human Rights Lead Story Opinion Rohingya
Tipping point: Rohingya youth driven to radicalisation
Experts have warned that decades of treating the Rohingya as a thorn in the nation’s side is tantamount to doing the legwork for forces that would seek to radicalise the next generation of Rohingya.
Analysis Arakan Lead Story News
Arakan crisis: still more questions than answers
Various commissions and committees say they are investigating alleged abuses and incidents involving the Rohingya minority, but misinformation and partisanship continue to blur the lines.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
‘Groupism’ and sectarian violence in Arakan
By not seeing ethnic groups like the Rohingya or the Rakhine as unitary collective actors, we are better able to avoid the trap of attributing collective responsibility.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
Burma still has work to do to end doubts about WMD ambitions
Burma is moving in the right direction, but until it fulfills all its international commitments on WMDs, doubts will remain.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
SEZ managers must be versed in rights
In August, Burma’s newly elected government overhauled the senior figures heading the administrative framework for governing Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Union Vice-President Henry Van Thio replaces former president Thein Sein[…]
