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
Dissent and repression persist in Myanmar
Trevor Wilson examines Myanmar's recent violence and whether it will derail the reform process.
Myanmar’s brutal crackdown: who is in charge?
An inside look at Myanmar's response to student protests and what it says about the country's democratic transition.
Discipline and duty
Matt Schissler reports on student protests, violence and social media in Yangon.
Burma/Myanmar: Bibliographic trends
Andrew Selth surveys the changing landscape of publishing about the Southeast Asian nation
Political prisoners still languishing in Burma
Co-founder of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, Bo Kyi, introduces a new campaign
Australia’s leadership spill, with a Myanmar twist
Olivia Cable highlights an intriguing and unexpected connection between Australian and Myanmar politics
Aung San Suu Kyi in 2015
New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly has an overview of Aung San Suu Kyi's prospects in the year ahead
Myanmar in transition
Nicholas Farrelly is turning a regular spotlight on some of the big issues in Myanmar's ongoing political transformation
What’s left unspoken
After a recent trip to the country, Belinda Cranston asks how much is really changing in Myanmar.
Koh Tao trial another litmus test
Luke Corbin suggests the Koh Tao investigation is an example of institutional discrimination against the Burmese in Thailand
Remembering the work of Professor Andrew Huxley
Melissa Crouch reflects on the late Andrew Huxley's significant contribution to the study of law in Myanmar/Burma
Securitisation of Australian Aid
Tim Frewer argues the Australian aid industry is captured by those who will pursue the logic of security on behalf of Australians
Myanmar Update 2015: Making Sense of Conflict
The next Myanmar Update Conference will be held in Canberra on 5-6 June 2015. The Call for Papers is now open.
In the shoes of reporters in Naypyitaw
Olivia Cable asked Summit reporters what they thought of the ASEAN Summit and Naypyitaw
Reality check on Islam, Buddhism in Myanmar
Melissa Crouch suggests we should reconsider some of the big assumptions when analysing religious conflict