Rohingya Crisis News & Analysis
Rohingya at the Hague: Turning Point for International Justice
The Court in The Hague can issue judgments, but the world must decide whether they matter.
Arakan Army: A Threat to Bangladesh’s National Security?
The Arakan Army has taken over most of Rakhine, giving rise to a new security dynamic along Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar. But the question is: Will the AA stop there?
The International Community Must Not Forget the Rohingya Crisis
On the seven-year anniversary of the Rohingya crisis, the international community must be serious and proactive in working toward the repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.
Bangladesh-Myanmar Border Tensions Must Be De-escalated
It falls on the world community to take Myanmar to task for recent violence along its border with Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Needs Help to Send Myanmar’s Rohingyas Home
Pressure from world governments, and notably the UK, will be needed if the Rohingyas currently trapped in Bangladesh are to find justice.
Japan and India’s Policy Tightrope on Myanmar Protests
Tokyo and New Delhi are being forced to walk a fine line between human rights and their own economic and security imperatives.
History Repeating: Military Rule Returns to Myanmar
Ultimately, playing by the military’s constitutional rules and towing its line on the Rohingya weren’t enough to keep Aung San Suu Kyi out of house arrest.
Myanmar’s 2020 General Election: Test for a Fledgling Democracy
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) will face a tough test at the polls on November 8th. But so too will the country’s fragile democratic institutions.
Myanmar’s Divided Peace Process: Hope amid Escalating Violence?
With ethnic conflicts flaring up and down the country, reinvigorating the nation-level peace process will be challenging – but not impossible.
Confronting Asia’s Demographic Demons
Policymakers should tackle Asia’s diversity problem to reap not just a moral dividend, but an economic one as well.
No End in Sight for Myanmar’s Long-suffering Rohingya in 2017
It’s unlikely that the Rohingya refugees who cross into flood-ravaged Bangladesh will ever be welcomed back in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s Humanitarian Crisis Could Become a Political One
The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is drawing international condemnation and fraying relations between the civilian and military authorities.
Aung San Suu Kyi Speaks Out on the Rohingya
After being criticised for an uncharacteristic silence regarding the violence facing Muslims in Myanmar, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has finally spoken out.
The Politics of anti-Rohingya Violence in Myanmar
It appears as though violence and intolerance are once again bubbling to the surface in Myanmar, but is this all a case of domestic political maneuvering?
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Rohingya of Myanmar
After an uncharacteristically long and pointed period of silence regarding the ongoing anti-Muslim violence being perpetrated in western Myanmar, pro-democracy and human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi has finally spoken out.
Behind the Curtain of Reform: Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The government of Myanmar is now faced with a refugee crisis in the aftermath of a month-long descent into violence that it not only failed to prevent, but by many accounts, actively participated in.