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29th February 2024

Myanmar: Resistance and the cost of the coup in Chin State

Tabea Campbell Pauli, June Nilian Sang
The first of February marked the third anniversary of the military coup that upended Myanmar’s decade of democracy in 2021 and plunged much of the cou...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

31st August 2023

Governing at the margins: A patchwork of policies and practi...

Samira Manzur, Tasnia Khandaker
Six years after the forced displacement of over a million Rohingya people from Myanmar, the day-to-day support required by Rohingya refugees and human...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Bangladesh Transnational Flows Migration Governance Borderlands

Research report

31st March 2023

Resistance and the Cost of the Coup in Chin State, Myanmar

June Nilian Sang
The research explores conflict and instability in Chin State, Myanmar’s western border region with India, since the 2021 military coup. It examines sh...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Migration Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

27th March 2023

‘No One Can Stop It’: Illegal Logging Surges in Myanmar’s Co...

Frontier Myanmar
Logging has surged amid the post-coup conflict, with sanctions pushing smugglers to open new routes to India, while activists and locals accuse both t...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

16th March 2023

In India’s Mizoram, Ethnic Ties Drive Response to Chin Confl...

Emily Fishbein
Thousands fled Myanmar after the coup to India’s northeastern border state, where the local authorities and communities have offered protection and he...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Borderlands

Article

1st March 2023

China and Myanmar Resume Work on Muse-Kyaukphyu Railway

Frontier Myanmar
A Chinese state-owned company and the military regime are quietly pushing forward with a railway line that would run through active conflict zones, af...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Governance Borderlands

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Governing at the margins: A patchwork of policies and practi...

Six years after the forced displacement of over a million Rohingya people from Myanmar, the day-to-day support required by Rohingya refugees and human...
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Article

1st February 2023

Border Battles: Fighting for Control in Rakhine

Frontier Myanmar
Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

9th December 2022

‘If they catch me, they’ll kill me’: Trafficked in Wa State...

Frontier Myanmar
Chinese and Myanmar nationals have fallen prey to fake job postings in the Wa autonomous zone of northeastern Myanmar, where they are kept prisoner, b...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Organised Crime Migration Borderlands

Article

5th October 2022

Junta Trade Policies Spark a Smuggling Revival at Thai Borde...

Frontier Myanmar
The military regime’s attempts to restrict imports and ration foreign currency have boosted illicit border trade at Myawaddy in Kayin State, putting i...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Borderlands

Article

30th July 2022

After the Gold Rush: How the Junta Created, and then Crushed...

Frontier Myanmar
The regime’s foreign exchange controls sparked a frenzy in gold smuggling to India, but since mid-May it has turned to familiar tactics – intimidation...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Borderlands

Article

23rd June 2022

Scam City: How the Coup Brought Shwe Kokko Back to Life

The Karen Border Guard Force is providing the military with frontline soldiers in exchange for business protection, allowing its “new city” project to...
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Thailand South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Borderlands

Research report

27th May 2022

Conflict and Development in the Myanmar-China Border Region

Dan Seng Lawn
A report by Kachinland Research Centre explores the political, economic and conflict dynamics along Myanmar’s northeastern border with China
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Conflict Economies Borderlands

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