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22 Dec 2021

Human Suffering in Myanmar: The Need for International Attention

(This commentary appears as part of a research collaboration between the Institute for Strategy and Policy- Myanmar and ISEAS’s Myanmar Studies Programme. It was originally published on Fulcrum by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on December 22, 2021.) Last week, the Myanmar military attacked Lay Kay Kaw village in Kayin state with heavy use […]

9 Oct 2021

The New Battlefront in Myanmar’s Economy: Fake News

(This commentary was originally published on Fulcrum by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on October 7, 2021.) The scarcity of information has raised the cost of economic decisions for the people of Myanmar. Now, a flood of fake news has added to their litany of problems. Months after the historic coup in February, ordinary […]

26 Jun 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Wishful Peace

YANGON — Early this month, just days after a round of major talks in the capital, Naypyidaw, fighting broke out between the armed forces and the ethnic Kachin Independence Army in the northern state of Kachin. Ahead of a clearing operation, the Myanmar military airdropped pamphlets ordering residents of Tanai township to leave and warned […]

1 Jul 2016

Myanmar military’s white paper highlights growing openness

The low-profile publication by Myanmar’s armed forces of a defense white Paper in February marked the first time that the Tatmadaw, as the military is known, released this type of strategy document to outsiders. The paper, which outlines the military’s broad plans for the coming years, is markedly more comprehensive than the last defense policy […]

1 Jul 2016

The nationwide ceasefire from a gender equality and women’s rights perspective

What do gender equality advocates in Myanmar want from a nationwide ceasefire and does the existing nationwide ceasefire agreement deliver this? A new publication by UN Women, “The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar: A Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Analysis”, explores this. Drawing on the perspectives of women in conflict-affected areas, the publication highlights the […]

1 Jul 2016

Myanmar in perfect storm of ‘conflict-climate nexus’

The ongoing effects of climate change may lead to more severe conflicts around the world, with Myanmar especially vulnerable, according to a recent United Nations report. Myanmar has been identified as one of 20 countries in a “conflict-climate nexus”, the threatening combination of severe environmental vulnerability along with pre-existing social fragility and weak institutions. The […]