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Category: Politics

  • Education

The only education people need now in Myanmar

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on January 24, 2022April 29, 2022

​​Zin Wai Yan argues that the Burman majority should educate themselves for the good of…

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  • Interviews

Real Stories Not Tales: Story of Gu Gu (Part 2)

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on January 20, 2022April 29, 2022

In Part 2 of a 2-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Gu Gu…

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  • Interviews

Real Stories Not Tales: Story of Mai Lay (Part 1)

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on January 19, 2022April 29, 2022

In Part 1 of a 2-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Mai Lay speaks about his experience in Kachin state.

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  • Education

Personal struggles, political lens: how the coup unites and divides Myanmar’s youth

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on January 17, 2022March 7, 2022

Francesca Chiu discusses how the post-coup struggles faced by Myanmar’s youth affect social cohesion.

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  • Politics

Peering under the hood: Coup narratives and Tatmadaw Factionalism

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on January 10, 2022March 29, 2022

Anders Kirstein Moeller proposes that the coup d’état on February 1, 2021 can be better understood as a factionalist power grab, with implications for how analysts look at the ongoing crisis in Myanmar.

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  • Opinion

The Geopolitics of Myanmar-China Relations after the Coup: China’s Geostrategic Calculations Towards Myanmar’s Coup

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on June 7, 2021January 28, 2022

Julian (pseudonym) outlines China’s geostrategic calculations and ambitions in Myanmar. Read the Burmese version here.

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  • Interviews

Human Rights in Myanmar: A discussion with U Aung Myo Min (Part 2)

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on May 28, 2021January 28, 2022

This is Part Two of a two-part interview with the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min.

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Human Rights in Myanmar: A discussion with U Aung Myo Min (Part 1)

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on May 27, 2021January 28, 2022

This is Part One of a two-part interview with the newly appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min.

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  • Education

Lux et Veritas: Yale’s Links to the Myanmar Military

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on May 26, 2021January 28, 2022

Mi Chan (pseudonym) argues that Yale should assess its links to the Myanmar military. 

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  • Politics

Myanmar’s Coup and the Inevitable Return of the ‘Failed State’ Rhetoric

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

Stefan Bächtold argues that calling Myanmar a ‘failed state’ could reinforce the Tatmadaw’s narratives and undermine the protest movements.

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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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