Issue Brief | October 2026
ရခိုင်ပြည်တဝန်းမှ မသန်စွမ်းသူများ ရင်ဆိုင်နေရသော စိန်ခေါ်မှုများ
၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ်သန်းခေါင်စာရင်းအရ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ လူဦးရေ ၄.၆ ရာခိုင်နှုန်း ဖြစ်သည့် ၂.၃ သန်းသည် မသန်စွမ်းဦးရေ ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ထားသည်။ တဖန် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ဦးဆောင်သော အစိုးရက ၂၀၁၉ ခုနှစ်တွင် မသန်စွမ်းဦးရေသည် နိုင်ငံလူဦးရေ၏ ၁၂.၈ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းဖြစ်သည့် ၆ သန်း ရှိကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ထားသည်။ သို့သော် ...
Issue Brief | October 2026
The Ottawa Treaty, formally known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, entered into force on 1 March 1999. It is one of the principal international legal instruments aimed at prohibiting the use of anti-personnel mines and reducing the humanitarian consequences of landmine...
Issue Brief | September 2026
The renewed armed conflict in Rakhine State, which resumed in November 2023, has now spanned approximately two years and ten months. The Arakan Army (AA) has controlled around 15 townships across the Arakan military fronts, leaving only three townships, Sittwe, Kyaukphyu, and Manaung, under the...
Issue Brief | September 2026
Women face particularly severe circumstances, suffering devastating impacts on their employment, education, and general livelihoods. The fate of women, who travel abroad in search of employment, is also concerning. Some women...
Issue Brief | August 2026
In areas under the control of the United League of Arakan (ULA) and the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government, reports of rape, sexual violence, rape followed by murder, and sexual exploitation and...
Issue Brief | August 2026
Munaung Township has remained one of the island areas still under the control of the military regime since November 2023, as the Arakan Army (AA) expanded its control over most townships in Rakhine State. It is also one of the few areas in Rakhine State where no armed clashes have taken...
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Issue Brief | March 2026
The 2025 elections in Myanmar were conducted amid ongoing armed conflicts, territorial fragmentation, and political suppression and repression, functioning primarily as a managed authoritarian process rather than...
From November 2023 to December 2024, the resumption of armed clashes in Arakan, driven by the Arakan Army (AA) as part of the broader '1027 Operation,' severely disrupted border trade with Bangladesh ...
While alliances in northern Myanmar remain strategically important, these new western partnerships reflect the AA’s dual focus on homeland security and a broader political role in Myanmar’s future ...
While the Rakhine attribute the crisis to the loss of sovereignty and lack of autonomy for their region, the Rohingya view the lack of recognition of their ‘Rohingya identity’ and status as an indigenous ethnic group...
In comparison between Cyclone Nargis and Mocha, the military regimes’ responses, and actions towards the cyclones’ management in short and long-term perspectives can be seen as not too different. Their own actions for emergency responses and rehabilitation processes remain insufficient in certain factors that lead the affected communities to be more harmful.
The Rakhine State in Myanmar offers immense potential for foreign direct investment (FDI) owing to its strategic location, abundant natural resources, and diverse opportunities in sectors such as agriculture, fishery, tourism, oil and gas, and services. In this context, it is essential to examine the major investments made by China and India in Rakhine State to understand their implications for the local stakeholders.
While the junta’s forces and Arakan Army (AA) are now in an informal truce, the news of the registration of the political parties in Rakhine have become more prominent in March. As the twoarmed parties are in a lack of trust toward each other,...
While the junta’s forces and Arakan Army (AA) are now in an informal truce, the news of the registration of the political parties in Rakhine have become more prominent in March.
In February 2023, both tensions and relaxation could be seen in politics in Rakhine State. Tensions between the Arakan Army, and junta forces happened due after the junta forces' reinforcement such as military types of equipment, patrol and,...
Just 20 months after a de facto ceasefire between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA), a series of armed clashes resumed in three locations in northern Rakhine,...
