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    Category: Analysis

    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.

    Analysis Lead Story

    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.

    Analysis Lead Story

    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.

    Analysis Lead Story Rakhine

    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.

    Analysis Lead Story Politics

    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.

    Analysis Education Lead Story

    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 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.

    Analysis Crime Lead Story

    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[…]

    Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story News Opinion Peace Process

    Everybody should be part of Panglong

    The Panglong Conference must be as inclusive as possible if it is to succeed in remaking Burma, says UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee.

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