Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s stalled peace process April 3, 2019 0 Written by Ashley South. Recent international attention in Myanmar has been focused on the plight of the Rohingya population of Northern Rakhine State, 700,000 of…
Asia Why nativism rather than nationalism represents Southeast Asia’s democratic danger March 18, 2019 0 Written by Maya Tudor. A rising tide of nationalism is sweeping the globe. From Xi to Modi to Trump, the world’s most populous countries have…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar nationalism: The monks, the military and the Muslims March 8, 2019 0 Written by Mikael Gravers. Is there a specifically Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar? True, there are many nationalist monks, but Buddhism is only one element in…
Asia BIMSTEC Summit: Potential at Multiple Levels August 31, 2018 0 Written by Niranjan Marjani. The 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit is being held on August 30-31 in…
Burma/Myanmar Preaching hate and violence: The (militant) Buddhist perspective June 5, 2018 0 Written by Peter Lehr. When discussing religion and violence in Southeast Asia, the first concept that usually comes to mind is that of jihad or…
Bangladesh Bangladesh-Myanmar repatriation: what is at stake for the Rohingya? March 26, 2018 0 Written by Atin Prabandari and Dio Herdiawan Tobing. The UN declared it the “the most urgent refugee emergency in the world”. Since August last year around…
Bangladesh Ethnic cleansing in Bangladesh: the Chittagong Hill Tracts? March 8, 2018 1 Written by Jnan. The Bangladesh government has been hailed by the international community as a champion of humanitarianism for sheltering the Rohingya refugees. Without doubt,…
Burma/Myanmar Why is Myanmar burning while Sri Lanka is not? March 2, 2018 0 Written by Rizwan Zeb. How and when does an ethnic conflict turn violent? Who plays the decisive role in politicising an ethnic group? What are…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s troubles persist – and China sees it as part of a great game January 12, 2018 1 Written by Tom Harper. As the Myanmar government’s violent policy towards its Rohingya Muslims drew increasing international condemnation in 2016, the country’s sometime icon of…
Burma/Myanmar Inclusion and Exclusion in Myanmar’s Rakhine State October 23, 2017 1 Written by James T. Davies Upwards of 600,000 mostly Rohingya Muslims have now fled from Myanmar’s western Rakhine State into Bangladesh, driven out by Myanmar…
