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I Went to Rakhine State and This is What I Learned
"I went to Rakhine State" is not a phrase that you commonly hear anymore. In fact, as of August 25, 2017 foreign…
Striking the Impossible Balance: The Rise of Censorship…
Recent developments within several Southeast Asian countries have prompted concern regarding the rights of the…
Pseudo-Secularism in Myanmar
The crossroads of religion and politics, despite its universal prevalence, continues to be overlooked and even…
The Role of Jihad in the Rohingya Crisis
On November 23rd 2017, Bangladesh and Myanmar announced a tentative deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees to the…
MIR Meets Ep. 1: Juju Deshormes
We're pleased to present the first episode of MIR Meets, featuring Juju Deshormes outside the Mile End's…
A Day Inside Myanmar’s Unremarkable Parliament
55 years ago, the world watched as Myanmar, formerly Burma, suffered a revolutionary coup d'état in which the…
Saint turned Human: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Silence on…
Like a broken record, Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar has come under fire for her recent commentary,…
Stuck in Myanmar’s Constitutional Straitjacket
IMPORTANT NOTICE: IF YOU ARE IN MYANMAR (BURMA), SHARING THIS ARTICLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA COULD RESULT IN ARREST. If…
The Burmese Experiment
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, Burma is quite unlike any place you know about.1 The country has a tumultuous…