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Category: Politics

  • 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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  • Politics

On the Perils of Disciplined Democracy

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 30, 2021February 4, 2022

Adam E. Howe reflects on the coup as an attempt to establish a Thai-style “disciplined democracy”.

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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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Protesters and Bystanders: Ethnic Minorities in the Pro-Democracy Revolution

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 22, 2021February 4, 2022

Jangai Jap reflects on ethnic minorities’ participation in Myanmar’s pro-democracy revolution.

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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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  • Essay

Decolonial Worldmaking, Burmese Independence, and the Karen Struggle

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on August 13, 2020March 9, 2022

Shona Loong uses world histories of anti-colonial nationalism to reexamine the Karen struggle.

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  • Health

A Peep over the Border

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on August 4, 2020March 9, 2022

Reshmi Banerjee ponders Indo-Myanmar relations during the COVID-19 crisis.

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COVID-19 and Food Security in Chin State: A Chance to Reform the Status Quo 

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on July 20, 2020March 9, 2022

Thang Deih Tuang and Jeff Williamson highlight ongoing food insecurity in Chin state and a chance for reform during COVID-19.

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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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