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ISP-Myanmar’s 10 Most Read Analyses of 2023

  • December 28, 2023
  • ISP Admin
ISP is excited to showcase the top ten pieces that captivated our readers this year! Leading the list is none other than the OnPoint analysis on 'Operation 1027' The remaining gems include ISP Mappings on Conflict, Peace and Security, and China Studies, along with Insight Emails delving into the military succession crisis and armed conflict in the Northern Shan State Explore these engaging pieces through the links Read more...

ISP Gabyin Community turned one year!

  • September 26, 2023
  • ISP Admin
We are thrilled to share some exciting milestones we achieved last week! Our ISP's social media presence soared to new heights with a whopping 23 million Facebook posts reached and a fantastic 11,000 members joining the Gabyin Community in just one Read more...

ISP-Myanmar denounces the court’s unjust two year sentence against its staff member, Aung Myo Htet

  • December 2, 2021
  • ISP ADMIN
The Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP) – Myanmar has learned that Aung Myo Htet, a member of the ISP-Myanmar staff, was sentenced by a court to two years in prison on November 30, 2021, for violating Section 505A of the Penal Code ISP-Myanmar strongly condemns this decision by the Read more...

Aung San Suu Kyi, a Much-Changed Icon, Evades Rohingya Accusations

  • September 20, 2017
  • ISP Admin
A version of this article appears in print on September 20, 2017, on Page A8 of the New York edition with the headline: Myanmar Leader, a Nobel Laureate, Defends Military From Rohingya Accusations Aung San Suu Kyi, a Much-Changed Icon, Evades Rohingya Accusations By RICHARD C PADDOCK and HANNAH BEECH NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Daw Aung Read more...

China Showers Myanmar With Attention, as Trump Looks Elsewhere

  • July 20, 2017
  • ISP Admin
By JANE PERLEZ JULY 19, 2017 NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — When Myanmar’s leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, wanted to hold a peace conference to end her country’s long-burning insurgencies, a senior Chinese diplomat went to work The official assembled scores of rebel leaders, many with longstanding connections to China, briefed them on the peace gathering Read more...

State Department names Burma one of world’s worst countries for human trafficking

  • July 2, 2016
  • ISP Admin
The State Department has named Burma as one of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders, and it removed Thailand from the list, citing progress in cracking down on forced labor in the seafood industry The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Thursday is watched closely by the countries clustered at the bottom It is viewed Read more...

Mon Groups Fear Surge of Burman Migrants

  • July 1, 2016
  • ISP Admin
RANGOON — Last week, more than 10 Mon civil society organizations (CSO) demanded that the Mon State Chief Minister review the government’s plan to issue household registration cards to internal migrant workers who have moved from Upper Burma to work on rubber plantations and salt farms in Mon State Naing Htun Myint, chairman of the Read more...

Education still elusive for many Myanmar children in Thailand

  • July 1, 2016
  • ISP Admin
For the millions of Myanmar migrant workers living in Thailand, one of the many struggles is trying to figure out how to get their kids an education Education centres, which, unlike Thai schools, are free to attend for Myanmar students, did not receive support from the Myanmar government last academic year and they are still Read more...

Dalai Lama to Suu Kyi: ease tensions in Arakan

  • June 21, 2016
  • ISP Admin
Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tensions between majority Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, her fellow Nobel laureate, the Dalai Lama, said on Monday The Tibetan spiritual leader said he had stressed the issue in meetings with Suu Kyi, who came to power in April in the Read more...