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 Contributor Lead Story
Veronica Collins argues that a museum run by former political prisoners showcases the lasting impact of state brutality on Burmese society.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Women's Issues
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.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Politics
Renaud Egreteau argues that potential dissidents within the National League for Democracy are unlikely to gain influence in the near term.
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Analysis Contributor Lead Story Women's Issues
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 Arakan Contributor Lead Story Rohingya
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 Contributor Human Rights Lead Story News
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 Contributor Lead Story Opinion
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 Contributor Lead Story
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
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 Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
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 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
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 Contributor Health Lead Story Natural Disasters News Opinion
It is little wonder that local humanitarian organisations and CSOs are such a central part of Burma’s social fabric given the country’s unparalleled culture of compassion and generosity in the face of suffering.
Analysis Contributor Human Trafficking Lead Story News Opinion Rohingya
Only a coordinated effort among the region’s countries will have a lasting impact on human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story Military News Opinion
In a democracy, power sharing should flow upwards from the people, not downwards from the elite — and Burmese federalism should reflect this fact.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
China’s refusal to acknowledge the ethno-political dimension of opposition to the Myitsone dam could mean that the project is doomed to failure.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
Burma’s ethnic minorities need to think carefully about how to get the most out of Aung San Suu Kyi’s plans to revive the “Panglong Spirit”.
Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
Aung San Suu Kyi should think again if she believes that going ahead with the Dawei Special Economic Zone project is a good way to create jobs in Burma.
Contributor Kachin Lead Story News
Kachin NGOs react to China’s perceived attempt to resurrect Myitsone dam project.
Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story News Opinion
Burma’s new leader is vague about her plans to end decades of conflict, but some see new opportunities for peace under a democratically elected government.
Analysis Business Contributor Lead Story News
Existing foreign investors may find their local partner facing closer scrutiny, while new investors have to consider how their potential partners attained their level of wealth.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
Deep divisions in Burmese society could make it difficult for the country to achieve real democracy.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
The Obama administration’s policy is an indication of the importance of ethnic minority issues in US-Burma diplomatic relations. It also reflects the sentiment of the international community.
If Aung San Suu Kyi wants a “second Panglong conference” to succeed, her government will have to learn from the failures of the first.