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Rohingya refugees arrive in Bangladesh, September 2017.

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While the World Sleeps, Myanmar Burns

Over the past month, 436,000 Rohingya have fled from their homes in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State to neighboring Bangladesh.

Lynn Kuok

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Climate Change Nov 7, 2019 Snapshot

Troubles on the Mekong

The communities that depend on the Mekong River find themselves at the nexus of seemingly implacable forces: the consequences of climate change, the geopolitical...

Sam Geall

The site of a dam on a tributary of the Mekong in northern Laos, December 2018

Refugees & Migration Jun 5, 2019 Snapshot

For Rohingya Refugees, There’s No Return in Sight

The Rohingya will not be returning to Myanmar anytime soon, so for the foreseeable future the camps in Bangladesh will be their only home.

Meenakshi Ganguly and Brad Adams

A Rohingya refugee child at Unchiparang refugee camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 2018

Political Development May/June 2018 Essay

Where Myanmar Went Wrong

From Democratic Awakening to Ethnic Cleansing

Zoltan Barany

Scorched earth: houses burning after sectarian clashes in Sittwe, Myanmar, June 2012.

From the Archives Jan 4, 2018 Snapshot

How the U.S. Can Help Resolve the Rohingya Crisis

A blueprint for how the world community, and particularly the United States, can best address the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Jonah Blank and Shelly Culbertson

An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 2017.

Strategy & Conflict Dec 14, 2017 Snapshot

The Myanmar Military's Legacy of Impunity

Although the tactics used by security forces against the Rohingya in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State have shocked the world, they are not new.

Sally Kantar

Rohingya refugees rebuild their makeshift house, which was destroyed by Cyclone Mora, at the Kutupalang Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 2017.

Security Nov 6, 2017 Snapshot

Religion and Violence in Myanmar

Sitagu Sayadaw, one of Myanmar's most influential Buddhist monks, recently delivered a sermon that offered a religious justification for the mass killing of the...

Matthew J. Walton

An exhausted Rohingya refugee crying for help near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 2017.

From the Archives Sep 28, 2017 Snapshot

While the World Sleeps, Myanmar Burns

Over the past month, 436,000 Rohingya have fled from their homes in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State to neighboring Bangladesh.

Lynn Kuok

ISIS Sep 22, 2017 Snapshot

Will Former ISIS Fighters Help the Rohingya?

Al Qaeda has used the occasion of renewed violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to release an unofficial call to arms. The question is who is going to answer...

Vera Mironova and Ekaterina Sergatskova

Rohingya children in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, September 2017.

Human Rights May 19, 2017 Snapshot

Aung San Suu Kyi Is Still Myanmar's Best Hope

Harsh judgments on Aung San Suu Kyi’s integrity and competence have less to do with her leadership and more to do with the undue expectations the international...

Tej Parikh

Aung San Suu Kyi, then the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, greets supporters in Monywa, November 2012.

Refugees & Migration Feb 23, 2017 Letter From

The Trouble With Thengar Char

Bangladesh plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to the remote, dangerous island of Thengar Char

Samya Kullab

Bangladeshi coast guards on Thengar Char, February 2017.

From the Archives Feb 23, 2017 Snapshot

Insurgency and Repression in Myanmar

Since October 9, 2016, 66,000 Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, have fled Rakhine State in the country’s west and entered...

Lynn Kuok

A Rohingya girl wipes her eyes at a refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh, February 2017.

From the Archives Oct 20, 2016 Snapshot

Myanmar's Road Ahead

The Obama administration’s decision to remove most sanctions on Myanmar presents an opportunity to refocus U.S. attention and help Aung San Suu Kyi meet her most...

Aaron L. Connelly

Aung San Suu Kyi at the Union Parliament in Myanmar, March 2016.

Burma & Myanmar Jul 29, 2016 Snapshot

Myanmar's Religious Problem

Myanmar’s, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has been beset by protests, violence at sacred sites, and confrontations between the state’s monastic council and Buddhist...

Susan Hayward and Matthew J. Walton

A man walks out from a destroyed mosque that was burnt down in recent violence at Thapyuchai village, outside of Thandwe, in the Rakhine state, October 3, 2013.

Burma & Myanmar Mar 30, 2016 Snapshot

Myanmar's Shaky Transition

Since November, when the National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in the first elections to take place in Myanmar for 25 years, the contours of the new...

Zoltan Barany

Soldiers march during a parade to mark Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw, March 2016.

Asia Dec 1, 2015 Snapshot

Democracy in Myanmar

On November 8, 2015, Myanmar held its first elections in 25 years. After five decades of brutal military rule, the opposition, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s...

Zoltan Barany

Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi celebrate election results outside the NLD's headquarters

Campaigns & Elections Nov 10, 2015 Snapshot

Who Will Rule Myanmar?

The announcement of election results over the coming days will merely set the terms of a high-stakes struggle to define power-sharing arrangements in the new Myanmar...

Aaron L. Connelly

Supporters of Myanmar's pro-democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside National League for Democracy headquarters (NLD) in Yangon, Myanmar, November 9, 2015.

Burma & Myanmar Nov 6, 2015 Snapshot

The Lady's Challengers

Aung San Suu Kyi's democratic party will be challenged not only by the established military elites in the upcoming election, but also by the the country's nationalist...

Francis Wade

Refugees & Migration Oct 21, 2015 Snapshot

The Other Refugee Crisis

Tens of thousands of Bengalis and Rohingya, fleeing poverty and ethnic persecution, are embarking on desperate journeys from Bangladesh to Malaysia and beyond.

Bruno Stagno-Ugarte

Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, collect rainwater during heavy rain at a temporary refugee camp in Myanmar

Economic Development Oct 1, 2015 Snapshot

Out of Darkness

As Myanmar emerges from nearly six decades of economic stagnation and isolation, perhaps no issue is as pressing to its development as the need to upgrade the country...

Keith Rabin and Christina Madden

Vehicles drive along a road near electricity posts in Thailand's Nonthaburi province April 2, 2013.

Democratization Oct 1, 2015 Snapshot

Myanmar's Divided Opposition

Myanmar's November elections will be a contest between democracy and authoritarianism, but so far, Aung San Suu Kyi's democratic party has failed to unite the...

Zoltan Barany

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Troubles on the Mekong

For Rohingya Refugees, There’s No Return in Sight

Where Myanmar Went Wrong

How the U.S. Can Help Resolve the Rohingya Crisis

The Myanmar Military's Legacy of Impunity

Religion and Violence in Myanmar

While the World Sleeps, Myanmar Burns

Will Former ISIS Fighters Help the Rohingya?

Aung San Suu Kyi Is Still Myanmar's Best Hope

The Trouble With Thengar Char

Insurgency and Repression in Myanmar

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Who Will Rule Myanmar?

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