Myanmar democracy

History may seem to be repeating, but the Myanmar of 2021 is crucially different from the country's past experiences with military rule.

How the EU reacts to the coup is litmus test not only for its support of democracy in Myanmar, but also for its capacity to adjust to new systemic challenges in the region.

Aung San Suu Kyi will win a second term, but real progress on ending Myanmar's cycle of conflict will require deeper reforms.

Sunday's vote will likely deliver a government with a strong popular mandate – a rarity in mainland Southeast Asia – but ethnic minorities will be left out in the cold.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s dangerous gamble to push ahead with a controversial election as a second wave of COVID-19 hits Myanmar hard. 

Legal developments on the Rohingya crisis were in the international spotlight again this week.

In the best-case scenario, Myanmar would be rich like the East and democratic like the West. 

A new report spotlights business involvement in funding human rights abuses.

A team of Rohingya Muslims is using blockchain technology to forge digital identities for the persecuted minority’s diaspora.

The pardon of Reuters journalists should not be mistaken as evidence authorities are easing restrictions on free speech.

The US and its allies must engage more directly with Myanmar, lest China's influence derail its democratic potential.