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Myanmar
International
Lords of the wasteland
Hamish McDonald
30 August 2024
A military analyst and an economist see Myanmar’s junta heading towards a desperate fight for survival
International
While the world looks elsewhere, Myanmar’s civil war grinds on
Adam Simpson & Nicholas Farrelly
25 October 2023
Preoccupied with other conflicts, the democratic world is passing up the chance to shift the dynamics in Myanmar
Books & arts
Dictating democratisation
Liam Gammon
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
“Not doing something is itself a statement”
Hamish McDonald
16 July 2021
Australia is still making up its mind how to respond to the coup in Myanmar
International
ASEAN’s mutual survival pact
Nicholas Farrelly
4 May 2021
Myanmar’s revolutionaries won’t wait for the Southeast Asian grouping to act decisively
Correspondents
The resistance that began with a bang
Thomas Kean
5 March 2021
Letter from Yangon
| Resolute citizens continue to face off with an intransigent military in Myanmar
International
Seizing power, losing influence
Nicholas Farrelly
26 February 2021
Has Myanmar’s military made the wrong bet?
International
As the world watches, Myanmar votes
Adam Simpson & Nicholas Farrelly
30 October 2020
National renewal is on hold while the government focuses on next weekend’s election
Books & arts
Winning votes was the easy part
Nicholas Farrelly
18 September 2020
Books
| The essential Burmese writer of his generation proposes a “new project of the imagination”
Correspondents
In Myanmar, politics makes a comeback
Thomas Kean
29 March 2018
Parliament’s election of a new president this week creates the opportunity for a change in direction
International
Patient policy-making for a region on the move
Travers McLeod
30 October 2017
There are no quick fixes for a crisis like the forced displacement of Myanmar’s Rohingya, but a new collaboration has been preparing the way for an effective regional approach
Correspondents
Does Aung San Suu Kyi believe what she’s saying?
Thomas Kean
22 September 2017
With the National League for Democracy and the military looking ahead to the next election, pressure from the West is having limited impact in Myanmar
Correspondents
Myanmar’s turbulent year of civilian rule
Thomas Kean
27 March 2017
By-elections later this week could intensify pressure on the governing National League for Democracy
Correspondents
The next steps on Myanmar’s road to democracy
Thomas Kean
15 November 2015
Myanmar’s election came down to a vote against authoritarianism, writes
Thomas Kean
in Yangon. This week the National League for Democracy,…
Correspondents
Myanmar and the Rohingya: the case for quiet diplomacy
Thomas Kean
8 June 2015
Without letting the government off the hook, we need to recognise the pressures that influence Myanmar’s policies in Rakhine State, writes
Thomas Kean
in Yangon
International
Location, location, location
Nicholas Farrelly
3 July 2014
Myanmar is in the thick of the Asian century, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
Correspondents
Myanmar’s religious malaise goes online
Gerard McCarthy
19 December 2013
Myanmar’s infant information culture is helping to spread high-risk Islamophobia, reports
Gerard McCarthy