15 Sep 2025 Myanmar’s Fake Election Is a Trap, Not a Transition Surachanee Sriyai|Su Myat Thwe The junta in Myanmar has announced elections starting in December 2025. The reality is that it has gamed the system in its favour. Myanmar Myanmar Elections Myanmar Politics
3 Sep 2025 Myanmar’s Wartime Polls: Managing Expectations Kai Ostwald It is likely that Myanmar will hold its national elections soon. It is also likely that the polls will lack the basic requirements for parliamentary legitimacy or a national mandate. Myanmar Myanmar Elections Myanmar Politics
14 Aug 2025 What Does Myanmar’s Acting President Myint Swe’s Death Mean for the Country? Wai Moe|Kyi Sin The passing of Myanmar’s acting president last week provides an occasion to contemplate his life and Myanmar’s future. Myanmar Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics
14 Jul 2025 Myanmar’s Opposition to Timor-Leste’s ASEAN Membership Max Lane ASEAN faces an intriguing test of its own decision-making procedures, as consensus might be elusive given the apparent obstruction of one member to the full accession of its eleventh member. ASEAN Myanmar Timor-Leste
27 Jun 2025 Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th Birthday: In the Shadow of Repression Surachanee Sriyai A recent online campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi has underscored the junta’s long arm of the law — via digital repression. Aung San Suu Kyi Digital Culture Government Surveillance Myanmar
2 Jun 2025 The International Labour Organisation Has New Options to Push Myanmar’s Regime but Old Challenges to Navigate Jared Bissinger What might be the right economic tools to wield against Myanmar’s military regime, that minimise harm to the livelihoods of its civilian citizens? ILO Myanmar
30 May 2025 A Crisis of Trust: The SAC’s Failure in Post-Disaster Strategic Communications Su Mon Thazin Aung The ruling military regime in Myanmar has only itself to blame for dismal levels of public trust in it two months after the massive earthquake that shook the country. Civil Society Myanmar Myanmar Politics Natural Disasters
5 May 2025 Myanmar’s Earthquake Threatens a Lasting Economic Scar Jared Bissinger The recent earthquake in central Myanmar threatens to deepen the country’s economic malaise. Myanmar Myanmar Economy Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics
24 Apr 2025 From Resistance to Survival: Myanmar’s Free Press Battles US Aid Cuts Surachanee Sriyai The repercussions of the US’ funding freeze on foreign assistance resonate deeply in Southeast Asia, including in one of the countries where press freedom and independent reportage are most threatened. Foreign Aid Myanmar Press Freedom US
9 Apr 2025 Myanmar’s Military Regime is Violating its International Economic Obligations Jared Bissinger Myanmar’s violations of its international economic obligations contribute to inflation and increasingly impoverish the country’s population. They also threaten to diminish the impact of financial assistance for Myanmar’s recent earthquake. Myanmar Myanmar Economy Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics
