Ketika “ras nasional” mengalahkan kewarganegaraan
CATATAN REDAKSI: Tulisan ini dimuat ke New Mandala dalam Bahasa Inggris pada 1 Mei 2017, sebelum kekerasan di negara bagian Rakhine terulang pada akhir Augustus 2017. Dr Nick Cheesman, ahli Myanmar...
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A better political economy of the Rohingya crisis
In the last few weeks, over 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled a bloody pogrom in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, crossing into Bangladesh. Among the horrified and largely moralistic reactions in the West,...
View ArticleMaking better laws for Myanmar
This post is adapted from a paper presented by the author at the ANU Myanmar Update 2017. ………………………… The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) in Myanmar is getting ready to convene a new parliamentary...
View ArticleWhat can the world do for the Rohingya?
There has long been a lively debate about the origins of the Rohingya Muslims—and it’s far from clear-cut. Active Rohingya campaigning is a relatively recent phenomenon, aiming to establish a separate...
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Old dominance, new dominos in Southeast Asia
Not since World War II has liberal democracy, and the intergroup tolerance that sustains it, seemed so deeply endangered in so many places at once. For the first time in three quarters of a century,...
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Southeast Asian cyberspace: politics, censorship, polarisation
On 12 April 2017, Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society issued what the Bangkok Post called “a strange government directive”. It prohibited anyone from following, communicating with, or...
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Rethinking Southeast Asian civil society
In the mid-1990s, there was a lot of enthusiasm for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the expansion of civil society in Southeast Asia. At the time, there was an efflorescence of activism as...
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Sitagu Sayadaw and justifiable evils in Buddhism
Sitagu Sayadaw is one of the most respected religious leaders in Myanmar. He is very well known for his teachings and for his philanthropic work. He has considerable influence. It therefore surprised...
View ArticleAnthropology, morality, and the Rohingya
In August 2017, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army attacked police posts and an army base in western Rakhine state, Myanmar, claiming to fight for the rights of Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority...
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Should we boycott Myanmar tourism?
In tourism brochure clichés, Myanmar is often referred to as the last jewel of Asia. After fifty years of isolation under military rule, the newly open Southeast Asian nation conjures quaint images of...
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The church and peacebuilding in Chin State
This post is based on the author’s paper presented at the Australian National University’s 2017 Myanmar Update. . . . . . . . . Myanmar’s Christian-majority Chin State is the poorest state in the...
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Introducing the Association for Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars (AMSEAS)
Editor’s note: we’re pleased to pass on this announcement on behalf of the Interim Committee of the new Association for Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars (AMSEAS), involvement in which will likely...
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Rohingya radicalisation in Malaysia: Where’s the evidence?
The attacks perpetrated by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017 sparked fears of wide-scale radicalisation within the Rohingya community. Such suspicions were...
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Perspectives on the Past at New Mandala
Just over 18 months ago, the Perspectives on the Past blog was born. Its mission is to bring new topics and perspectives on the Southeast Asian past to interested readers. Grounded in research, the...
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From battlefield to marketplace on the Thai–Myanmar border
Writing about the Thai–Burma border as it existed in the mid-1980s, Martin Smith evokes a thriving black market: a thousand cattle splashing across the Moei River in a single day, and radios, watches,...
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Lee Morgenbesser on ‘Behind the Façade’
LEE MORGENBESSER Since the 1990s, vast sums of money and time have been invested in training and resources to hold elections around the world, including in parts of Southeast Asia. The conventional...
View ArticleCall for papers: Myanmar Update 2019
We’re pleased to share this call for papers on behalf of the Australian National University’s Myanmar Research Centre. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Myanmar Update 2019: Living with Myanmar Proposals...
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North Korea and Myanmar: Divergent Paths
Before 2011, when political reforms started by Myanmar’s generals prompted a switch in Western policy, the country occupied the same berth in global politics as North Korea. Both were outliers, not...
View ArticleChina and Myanmar: Behind the headlines
It may seem surprising, but China’s relations with Myanmar have always been volatile rather than “steady as she goes”. China has always had a lot at stake, and Myanmar has often had little real choice...
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Assessing the Rohingya crisis
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD A PDF When Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) triumphed at Myanmar’s 2015 general election she was riding high, supported by millions of hopeful citizens eager...
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