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Category: Opinion

  • Opinion

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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  • Opinion

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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  • Opinion

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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  • Opinion

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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  • Opinion

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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  • Opinion

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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  • Opinion

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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  • Essay

Race in Myanmar: Rigid Hierarchies, Blurred Boundaries and the Human Cost of Racism

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on November 12, 2020March 8, 2022

Building on a rich discussion, Indrė Balčaitė explores the everyday politics of race in Myanmar.

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  • Opinion

Ethnocentric Narratives of Identity and its role in Peace and Conflict Management

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on November 3, 2020March 8, 2022

Bernard Minn discusses the role of ethnocentrism in peace agreements and the refugee crisis.

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Myanmar’s Search for Normalcy in an Abnormal World

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on September 17, 2020March 9, 2022

Matthew Arnold discusses the importance of seeing Myanmar as a country undergoing normalization.

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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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