Members of the Rohingya ethnos must navigate the Myanmar state's “blunt biopolitics”—a
mode of regulation that neither protects nor intensively knows, but rather uses violence to …

Since the late colonial period, Myanmar has experienced heated debates over notions of
belonging, including belonging as inscribed through citizenship status. At independence …

In part because a single colonial project eventually formally incorporated Burma as an
appendage to British colonial rule of India, Burma scholars persistently draw on …

Buddhist protectionism in contemporary Myanmar revolves around fears of the decline of
Buddhism and deracination of the amyo (group/“race”). Buddhist protectionists and Burmese …

The Bamar majority's institutionalised dominance and the exclusion of other ethnic groups
from the Bamar's notion of national identity has been a cause of conflict in Myanmar. The …

Using two surveys from 2017, we analyze the gender wage gap for urban workers in
Myanmar. We start from a standard wage equation and condition on education, experience …

Serious human rights violations, particularly against ethnic minorities, have been a stark
reality in Myanmar for many decades. The Rohingya crisis that deteriorated in 2017 and the …

University boycotts have been used by students to champion change and challenge
oppressive systems around the world. This article focuses on the boycotts carried out by …

There is a cyclical nature to the dilemmas confronting international donors willing to operate
in Myanmar. Brief periods of relative openness led to rapid surges in development …

Stalemate reveals the history and contemporary politics of the United Wa State Army
(UWSA), Asia's strongest insurgent army on Myanmar's border with China. This …