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Category: Opinion

  • Letters

What We Fight for When We Stand Against the Coup

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on April 27, 2021February 4, 2022

Khine, Nway Oo, and Peter (pseudonyms) express what they stand to lose in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution and why they continue the fight. 

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‘Is Myanmar’s Spring Revolution Winnable?’: The Role of CRPH and the EAOs in the Revolution

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on April 21, 2021February 4, 2022

Zung Ring (pseudonym) argues that the revolution’s outcome depends on bold decisions and effective leadership.

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‘Transfer of civilians’ as a ‘colonial wrong’ in international criminal law? Myanmar’s migration history as a hazardous argument

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on April 19, 2021February 4, 2022

Axel Harneit-Sievers cautions against a problematic argument made in a new publication.

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The Military Coup Destroyed Independent Media in Myanmar, but in Rakhine State, It Wasn’t There to Begin With

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on April 13, 2021February 4, 2022

Kyaw Hsan Hlaing and Emily Fishbein argue that Myanmar’s media climate is dire under the junta but press freedoms in Rakhine State had already unraveled.

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Critical Juncture: Being a Soldier’s Son in Burma’s Ongoing Crisis

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on April 12, 2021February 4, 2022

Rio (pseudonym) writes about how his father, a soldier, understands the ongoing protests.

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Equality or Animosity: Where will the Democratic Uprising Take the Rohingya?

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 25, 2021February 4, 2022

Myo Min outlines the potential and limitations of anti-coup protesters’ solidarity with the cause of the Rohingya.

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Myanmar Only has One National Cause

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 23, 2021February 4, 2022

Mark Adams (pseudonym) considers new pathways for a united front in Myanmar’s future.

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A Return to the Comfort Zone is Not Enough: We Must Fight for Truly Inclusive Freedom

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 16, 2021February 11, 2022

Bella Aung calls for recognizing minorities’ contributions to ongoing anti-coup protests.

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Myanmar’s Military Coup and the Burmese Abroad

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 8, 2021February 11, 2022

Chit (a pseudonym) reflects on the military coup as part of the Burmese diaspora.

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Hope and Heartbreak: Karen Communities in the Wake of the Coup

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on February 4, 2021February 24, 2022

Shona Loong reflects on grief, heartbreak, and hope among Karen communities after the February 2021 coup.

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Series: COVID-19 and Myanmar

ကိုဗစ်-၁၉  နှင့် မြန်မာရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ လူငယ်တို့၏  တက်ကြွ လှုပ်ရှား မှု

COVID-19 Policy Response Needs and Opportunities

Wavering at the Turning Point: Myanmar’s response to COVID-19 in March 2020

Tea Circle’s Book Reviews

The City and the Wilderness: Indo-Persian Encounters in Southeast Asia, Arash Khazeni, University of California Press, 2020, 264 pages.

Perspectives on War, Peace, and Rebel Politics: Introduction

Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim Crisis: Rohingya, Arakanese, and Burmese Narratives of Siege and Fear, by John Holt. Honolulu, Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, 2019. 301pp.

Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change, edited by Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone and Gayathry Venkiteswaran, ISEAS, Singapore, 2019, 407 Pages.

Myanmar Transformed? People, Places and Politics edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly and Chit Win, ISEAS, Singapore, 2018, 333 Pages.

Border Capitalism, Disrupted: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone by Stephen Campbell. Cornell University Press, 2018. 206 Pages.

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