Burma/Myanmar Book review: ‘Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar’ August 15, 2019 1 Written by Debby Sze Wan Chan. Image Credit: ‘‘Untitled" by gforbes /CC; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Since the dissolution of the military regime in 2011, discussions about…
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…
Burma/Myanmar Facebook, hate speech and civil society in Myanmar March 18, 2019 0 Written by Lisa Brooten. Social media have clearly provided outlets for the voices of those in many countries around the world who are frustrated by…
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 How the United Nations failed the Rohingya people March 7, 2018 0 Written by Hammad Zamurrad. For many, the United Nations (UN) is an indispensable international organization which operates at the core of the emerging global governance…
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…
Burma/Myanmar The Historical Roots of the Rohingya Crisis October 4, 2017 1 Written by Ibtisam Ahmed. The ongoing persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar has led to a crisis that, despite being decades in the making, is…
