In the back of a small notebook, following pages of field notes and hastily- scrawled…
Tag: transition
In Yangon, Myanmar’s economic center and largest city, signs of “change” aren’t hard to spot.…
Book Review: Opposing the Rule of Law-How Myanmar’s Courts Make Law and Order by Nick…
Today, on Tea Circle we feature the fourth and final installment of our series summarizing the recent workshop, “Towards Democracy…
This post is the third of a series that summarizes last week’s day-long workshop, “Towards Democracy…
Editor’s note: Rasmus Schjoedt (MSc Political Science) is a Social Policy Specialist with Development Pathways, based…
This week, Thaw Zin Aung Gyi analyzes civilian-military relations in Myanmar.
The month of February is a peculiar one. It has never enjoyed the full status…
Myanmar has witnessed its fair share of demonstrations and protests against successive military juntas and political authorities. Communities have also come together against the construction of big development projects and dams (against Myitsone, Chibwe) and have been successful in halting devastation to their ecology. Interestingly, the spirit of activism in the country is not a post-independence phenomenon. Rebellion was common in the pre-colonial times.
A little over 27 years ago, the people of Myanmar watched helplessly as their protests…
