Melissa Crouch on the politics of belonging in Myanmar and the need to reframe understanding of the nation’s Muslim populations.
Action needed in the Buddhist-Muslim zone
Myanmar’s troubled western borderlands are in the news again with headlines about the trade in human desperation.
Re-shooting the elephant
A fast-changing Myanmar must bed down peace and end decades of civil war if it hopes to cement the progress of recent reforms.
Making sense of Myanmar’s continuing conflicts
All the details on the 2015 Myanmar/Burma Update Conference at ANU on 5-6 June 2015.
The luxury of space in Naypyitaw
Soaking up the penthouse view in Myanmar's increasingly urbane capital.
Ethnic politics from the capital
With 135 official ethnic categories, Nicholas Farrelly writes that Myanmar's ethnic politics take up a lot of space, even in Naypyitaw
Rule-breaking and the Rohingya
How Australia's 'stop the boats' policy is prolonging the Rohingya's suffering.
The Rohingya and regional failure
ASEAN fails in efforts to be 'people-centred' when it comes to Rohingya refugees.
Scrambling to draw lessons
This week in his column at The Myanmar Times, Nicholas Farrelly writes about what we can learn from the transition
“Never Again”: time to end genocide in Burma
The international community can no longer ignore the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya, writes Nancy Hudson-Rodd.
Myanmar’s workers of the world
In his column this week at The Myanmar Times, Nicholas Farrelly offers some thoughts on Myanmar's millions of migrant workers
Change you can depend on
In his Myanmar Times column this week, Nicholas Farrelly considers Myanmar's ever-shifting picture of reform
Fair pay for Myanmar’s civil servants
In his Myanmar Times column this week, Nicholas Farrelly analyses pay-rates for Myanmar officials
Art, activism and saving sacred rivers
Activist-journalist Myint Zaw has won the ‘Green Nobel’ for his campaign to save Myanmar's Irrawaddy river through art.
Southeast Asian Frontiers field course
Nicholas Farrelly reflects on an ANU field course about the Thailand-Myanmar borderlands
Reading Myanmar politics in 2015
New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly has a new column at The Myanmar Times
Burma and the Kipling mystique
Andrew Selth analyses the influence of the bard of the British Empire, Rudyard Kipling
A hopeful moment for civil society in Myanmar
Andrew Morgan looks closely at the changing landscape for civil society in the years after direct military rule
Kokang 2015: Unknown unknowns
Eisel Mazard reflects on the limited global appetite for understanding obscure wars in distant places
Fascist assemblages in Cambodia and Myanmar
Tim Frewer examines the rise of extreme Buddhism and ethno-nationalism across the Southeast Asian region
Saw John Bwe Lah’s funeral
Funeral of 103 year old Saw John Bwe Lah offers Gerard McCarthy a glimpse into a central Myanmar Karen community