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Myanmar

National League for Democracy (NLD) supporters celebrate their victory in parliamentary elections outside party headquarters on April 1, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.

To the election and beyond

After the election, Myanmar will have some serious new challenges to contend with

Astrology, prediction and postponement

Nicholas Farrelly considers the possibility that Myanmar's election will be postponed

Myanmar’s minefields

Landmines the missing link in country’s ceasefire process, writes Gregory Cathcart.

Past and future, the military still matters

The Tatmadaw's Nay Pyi Taw museum has done us all a favour by putting so much of their story on show.

Roots of difference

Richard Dolan reports on Karen politics and unity in the lead up to Myanmar’s historic elections.

What’s next for Myanmar and Australia?

Australian policy toward Myanmar was bogged down for many years, writes Nicholas Farrelly

Photo: Claus Rebler on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunami/

Playing Jenga with Myanmar’s rule of law

How intermediaries are morphing ideas of law and justice.

Crystal balls and change in Myanmar

How scenario development can help chart the country's uncertain future.

ASEAN can learn from Europe’s refugee crisis

Refugee crises must be met by the power and spirit of regionalism.

A poppy field in Myanmar. Photo: UNODC.

Tackling Myanmar’s opium trade

Forget the war on drugs; its regional solutions that count, writes Charlie Artingstoll.

NLD needs to lift the standard

Myanmar voters have low expectations based on a lifetime of disappointment with politics

Development and drugs in Myanmar

How alternative crops can help stop Myanmar’s opium trade.

Building Myanmar’s aid transparency

Olivia Cable takes a look at how technology is helping track aid.

Reassessing Myanmar’s poppy problem

Eradicating poverty and not drug crops is the way to curb Shan state's opium trade.

Fortifying the Union

Nicholas Farrelly argues that a narrow vision of fortress Myanmar will further aggravate communal tension

Rohingya stranded off the coast of Thailand in May. Photo: Christophe Archambault/AFP.

The root cause of Rohingya persecution

Religious based ethno-nationalism used to oppress minority group, argues Kyaw Win.

Long wars on the India-Myanmar border

Myanmar will benefit from facilitating the joint development of its Indian borderlands, writes Nicholas Farrelly

Women crucial to Myanmar’s democratic transition

Are women’s rights being sacrificed for security and political stability?

Myanmar and the world’s next mass atrocity

Why the region must act now to help the Rohingya.

Photo by AP.

Chinese life in Myanmar today

How can Myanmar avoid a backlash against its Chinese population, asks Nicholas Farrelly

969 leader Ashin Wirathu. Photo: Al Jazeera.

The threat of Myanmar’s extremist monks

Ma Ba Tha could derail the country’s political transition, writes Oren Samet.

Business as usual in Naypyitaw

Shwe Mann 'coup' no cause for concern in the streets of Myanmar's capital.

As the sun rises

Nicholas Farrelly takes a close look at Myanmar in time and space.

Artists perform to raise funds for victims of Myanmar's floods. Photo supplied.

Solidarity and resilience emerge in Myanmar

Citizens rise to respond in the face of floods, report Justine Chambers & Gerard McCarthy.