Myanmar

Widespread co-optation by the junta sits alongside significant monastic resistance

Framing the war in Myanmar as a ‘fight for democracy’ obscures the crisis of the nation-state at the conflict’s heart

On the end of the “transition paradigm” and the meanings of the present revolution

“To become good and dynamic, political science must be broadened and cooperate with, among others, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians”

“The prisoner’s body is a political, but perishable, weapon.”

Relationships need to move beyond oversight to solidarity

International media outlets’ clichéd descriptions of the ongoing conflict are at best self-incriminating

For the first time, a resistance movement against military rule is welcoming and aiding soldiers who choose to join the ‘people’s side’

Education has become a battleground in the struggle against the junta, with students, communities and Myanmar’s economic future worse off for it

The long history of intelligence operations under the Burmese kings attests to the fact that Myanmar has long been an intelligence state.

Andrew Selth recalls an era of flourishing artistic expression amid heavy-handed censorship.

New analysis shows how a surge of online resistance in the countryside faded amid fear and self-censorship.

A recent exhibition showcased Myanmar artists' responses to the coup and resistance to it.

...how to divide power between the NUG and the ethnic states, and protect sub-minorities within minority states?

Losing the position will end an important legacy of language scholarship and close opportunities for scholars interested in broader Burma/Myanmar studies.

As political space contracts, the role for informal networks or coalitions expands.

The fact that dirty money needs to be cleaned provides opportunities for law enforcement agencies in ASEAN to collectively monitor drug lords and drug traffickers.

Social media dissidence has likely facilitated a civil disobedience movement with greater grassroots support than ever—a development that the Tatmadaw might find difficult to halt.

Digital activism, identity, and transnational contentious politics

A group of academics is urging the Federal Government to grant humanitarian protection visas to a small cohort of gifted students.

Saha brings together the emerging field of animal studies with the more established field of postcolonial studies.

...movements signify the transformative potential of people’s power & its inherent precarity; state responses to protestors’ demands range widely...

Empirical data is not politically neutral, nor does it speak for itself. Divorced from its original context, it can cause harm.

By intentionally devising concealment strategies that maintain the core messages...research participants demonstrate their commitment to continue producing critical information while avoiding punishment.