The Revolution is Female: Myanmar’s Women Fighting Against Min Aung Hlaing’s Junta | Australian Institute of International Affairs

Published: 7 June 2023

June 7th, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung shows how civil activism in Myanmar against the military junta is being increasingly led by women. Despite overwhelming odds, they are beginning to...

Who should represent Myanmar at the UN? An Op/Ed piece by ISID Director Erik Kuhonta.

Published: 16 September 2021

Since the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar has been stalemated between two very uneven, but equally resolute forces. Professor Erik Kuhonta...

Expert: Military forces stages coup in Myanmar

Published: 1 February 2021

Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including state counsellor and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi — a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress...

ISID Policy Brief: Key Issues in the Myanmar November 2020 Elections

Published: 4 November 2020

On 8 November 2020, Myanmar will hold its second election since the country’s gradual liberalization began. Despite presenting itself as a force for liberal democracy five years ago, the National...

N-Peace Award Winner, May Sabe Phyu, in discussion with ISID Director Erik Kuhonta

Published: 11 March 2020

The Institite for the Study of International Development and the McGill Southeast Asia Research Program (SEARP) are glad to announce that Myanmar based gender expert, May Sabe Phyu, has recently...

Expert: Violence in Myanmar

Published: 7 September 2017

“The United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, has appealed to Myanmar to end the violence that has led more than 120,000 Rohingya people to flee in the last two weeks, which he warned...

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