Matt Schissler offers another timely reflection on religious violence and hate speech in Myanmar
Myanmar’s ASEAN challenges
Ludovica Marchi asks if Myanmar can rise to the challenges of ASEAN chairmanship?
Myanmar’s unreliable narrators
Matthew Gibbons reports that Myanmar’s ongoing census ignores the country’s often malleable ethnic situation
Partitioned love in the dirty lake
Burma’s annual New Year’s water festival reflects the country’s growing disparities – even in romance.
Pathways to peace in Rakhine State
Taylor O'Connor analyses legacies of conflict in Rakhine State, assesses recurrent patterns of violence, and outlines pathways to peace.
Myanmar up for the count
The first census in 30 years poses challenges in a deeply divided society. New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly offers some thoughts from Naypyitaw.
Looks good on paper: Education reform in Burma
Rosalie Metro brings a critical perspective to the fragility of Burmese education materials in an analysis that has major policy implications
China and Myanmar’s reforms
Trevor Wilson, former Australian Ambassador to Myanmar, examines the important relationship with China at this time of flux and uncertainty
Sleeping dogs
Yangon-based writer Matt Schissler meditates on the complexities of inter-religious conflict resolution in Myanmar
Beyond bigotry: Unravelling ethnic violence in Rakhine
Max Beauchamp analyses ongoing conflict between Buddhists and Muslims in western Myanmar
Nuclear inspectors, welcome to the jungle?
Kalman A. Robertson and Olivia Cable argue that Myanmar should allow provisional access for inspectors to sites of potential nuclear activity
Myanmar’s arms purchases are a problem
Jacob Sommer suggests we need a clear understanding of the goals and interests of the Myanmar government
Questions about rule of law for DASSK
ANU PhD student Kristina Simion has some interesting questions about law in Burma
Myanmar’s military: Money and guns
Jacob Sommer argues that arms imports are at an all time high, fueling the heaviest fighting in decades
The politics of honorary degrees
Last week Aung San Suu Kyi told an audience at the ANU she often wondered why universities confer honorary degrees on politicians
Rolling with the times?
Jacqueline Menager writes about why Burma's youth may not be ready for momentous change
Burma’s next president
Aung San Suu Kyi could become Burma's next president, says former Australian Ambassador Trevor Wilson
Myanmar’s academic ambitions
ANU postdoctoral fellow Pyone Myat Thu argues that education is the key to unlocking the country’s vast potential
On the cusp of disease transition in Myanmar
Sam Byfield and Maeve Kennedy reflect on the health consequences of a changing political and economic environment
Increasing insecurity in Myanmar
Recent bombings pose yet another threat to peace in Myanmar, writes Yola Verbruggen
Challenges for foreign investors in Myanmar
Aung Tun argues that foreign investors face big obstacles as Myanmar's transformation continues
After the bombings: 15 October in Yangon
Matt Schissler takes the pulse of the city after recent bombings and communal tension
Military can still be good state-builders for Myanmar
Erik H. Ribeiro suggests we need to pay more attention to the Tatmadaw's productive role