ARTICLES

24 Mar 2022

ASEAN Special Envoy in Myanmar: Too Little, Too Late?

Sharon Seah|Joanne Lin

The recent visit to Myanmar by ASEAN’s Special Envoy has been disappointing. It might be time to reconsider the grouping’s five-point consensus.

23 Mar 2022

Myanmar Returns to Import Substitution: Primed to Fail

Khine Win

The State Administration Council has initiated a raft of import substitution policies in an attempt to support domestic industralisation. This approach was tried in the past – and failed.

Myanmar Myanmar Economy Myanmar Military

21 Mar 2022

Separatists, Conflict and Refugees: Geopolitics Along Thailand and India’s Myanmar Border

Su-Ann Oh

The February 2021 coup in Myanmar has thrown up a new raft of problems for Thailand and India. The re-assembling of Indian separatist groups in Myanmar, the spillover from armed conflict and the arrival of refugees in Thailand and India are just the tip of the iceberg.

India-Myanmar Relations Myanmar Myanmar-Thailand Relations

18 Mar 2022

Community-led Social Cohesion in Post-Coup Myanmar: A Promising Glimmer

Aung Tun

The popular resistance has issued a clarion call for a federal democratic Myanmar, based on inclusive politics. The practice of social cohesion constitutes both a starting point for building inclusive politics, and a much-needed trust-building exercise in a heavily trust-deficient Myanmar society.

Myanmar Myanmar Politics

3 Mar 2022

From Remote Paradise to Levelled Villages: The Sit-Tat Assault on the ‘Yaw Valley’

Mary Callahan

The Yaw Valley, one of the most remote and bucolic areas in Myanmar’s Buddhist heartland, has seen fierce skirmishes between the military and local resistance forces. The junta sees the area as strategic as it sits on the road to the military’s headquarters at Kalay airport.

Armed Conflict Myanmar Myanmar Military

28 Feb 2022

The State of Southeast Asia Survey

The State of Southeast Asia Survey: An Outlet for Myanmar Aspirations

Moe Thuzar

In the 2022 State of Southeast Asia Survey, Myanmar respondents are markedly negative towards the State Administration Council. This has coloured their assessment of ASEAN's effectiveness in handing the country's ensuing political crisis.

Myanmar Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics State of Southeast Asia Survey

25 Feb 2022

How the Arakan Army Can Capitalise on the Coup

Drake Avila

If the Arakan Army plays its cards right, it could have two prized goals in sight: autonomy for Rakhine State in a loose and federalised system, or even independence.

Myanmar Rakhine Rohingya

16 Feb 2022

Myanmar Crisis: A Humanitarian Stalemate or Fresh Opportunities?

Adelina Kamal

The upcoming ASEAN Foreign Ministers retreat affords an opportunity to consider fresh approaches to break the current humanitarian stalemate in Myanmar.

ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Myanmar

9 Feb 2022

Myanmar’s Dry Zone: The History of a Tinderbox

Mary Callahan

The Dry Zone has traditionally not suffered violence at the hands of the Myanmar military. But decades of mismanagement and strained living conditions have fueled anti-junta resistance in the military’s Buddhist-Bamar heartland.

Myanmar Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics

26 Jan 2022

Myanmar’s New Political Economy Takes Shape

Romain Caillaud

Nearly a year after the military coup in Myanmar, a new political economy is emerging, even as the economy tanks and the human rights context worsens.

Myanmar Myanmar Economy Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics