The context for President Barack Obama’s trip to Burma has changed considerably since his historic first visit in 2012. Then, his visit conveyed optimism for democratic reform and the benefits of ...

Last year, when I was in Ma Ja Yang in Northern Kachin State, Burmese fighter bombers, at the height of the peace process, had just flown low over the nearby IDP camp. Two terrified children dug ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about international politics, economics, and development. WALLAY, BURMA—When foreign dignitaries visit Myanmar, still ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This week, Amnesty International released its assessment of Myanmar’s 2014 human ...

Despite the U.S.-led rolling back of economic sanctions and internationally backed national elections taking place early next month, more than a million people in Burma are facing state-sponsored ...

Sifton visited Burma recently. Ahead of President Obama’s visit to Burma, he spoke with The Irrawaddy about his findings related to the reform process, displacement and conflict in Kachin State and ...

A family looks from their temporary shelter at a Rohingya refugee camp as Burma's government embarks on a national census, in Sittwe on April 2, 2014. The reform process in Burma experienced ...

This week, the military upended years of quasi-democratic rule in Myanmar, with soldiers taking control of the country in a carefully orchestrated coup. The military said the seizure of power was ...

Myanmar, or Burma as some people prefer to call it, has been cut much slack in recent years with its supporters urging patience and understanding as it attempts to reform itself. This was highlighted ...

Around the world, conflicts, repression, and persecution continue to cause human suffering on a tragic scale. In the headlines are the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. But there is one crisis ...

Burma, the recent reformation minded darling of Southeast Asia, has been recently hit with ever-increasing ethnic tensions and a spate of threats to international aid workers, coupled with growing ...

For several years now, the emails have shown up within hours — sometimes within minutes — after NPR posts or broadcasts news about one Southeast Asian nation. They would say something such as this: We ...