Tag: Myanmar
Two Honest Analyses: The Post-Election Myanmar
Two leading Myanmar exiles, Maung Zarni & Harn Yawnghwe, offer their honest & critical reflections on their war-locked native Myanmar, n Mandarin & Burmese.
Harn Yawnghwe, An Extraordinary Life in Public Service & A Barricade Against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memories | PART 3 & Final
Post-colonial national vision for Myanmar came from a combination of leftist progressive analyses and non-blood-and-soil secular civic nationalism, both of which seek to honour ethnic group equality and right to self-determination.
“What to Know About Myanmar’s ‘So-Called Election’” | TIME
In its 26th January 2026 issue, TIME Magazine takes a comprehensive look at the Myanmar elections that are being patronized and held in three phases. The article has contributions from Maung Zarni, Daw Moe Thuzar, as well as anonymous Myanmar experts based inside the country.
Harn Yawnghwe, An Extraordinary Life in Public Service & A Barricade Against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memory
FORSEA’s Maung Zarni tells a story of a remarkable Myanmar exile, (born a Shan prince), who sat on Chairman Mao’s laps in the Forbidden City, and proceeded to became one of the predominantly Buddhist country’s most prominent exiles, guided by his Christian faith. It is properly contextualized within both Myanmar’s exilic politics of 50-years and the failed democratic transition which the February coup in 2021 derailed.
When Outrage Is Selective: Art, Race, and the Limits of (The West’s) Moral Universality
“Why is only some violence deemed boycott worthy?" is the question that must be raised in the face of Supreme Hypocrisy of the West, with its collapsing moral universalism.
FORSEA Co-founder Maung Zarni on Myanmar Junta’s 3-Phased Elections
Myanmar's widely reviled military junta is holding "phased general elections", amidst the ever expanding military and political conflicts triggered by its coup in February 2021.
Myanmar’s Youth & Rohingyas Die in the Country’s Multifront Conflicts and Ongoing Genocide
In the post-colonial period (since the country’s independence in 1948), Myanmar has been trapped in a vicious cycle of internal conflicts, with political, commercial, ethnic and religious dimensions.
Myanmar Anti-Junta Opposition Plays with Fire: Dangling Rare Earth Materials before Transactional & Un-Trustworthy Washington
Myanmar’s anti-Junta opposition in the diaspora and their Western supporters are playing with fire when they reportedly dangle before Trump’s transactional administration the prospects of a fire sale of the country’s strategic natural resources for political support.
Earthquake-hit, war-devastated Myanmar needs a lasting humanitarian ceasefire and the establishment of Myanmar Fund for Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction
FORSEA’s Dr Maung Zarni calls for the establishment of Myanmar Earthquake Relief Fund out of the $1 billion of Myanmar government assets in the US frozen by the then President Joe Biden in response to the February 2021 coup.
ပြည်တွင်း စစ် (သို့ ) တော်လှန်ရေး ကြီး ရပ် ပြီး မြန် မာ ပြည် ငြိမ်းချမ်း ရေး လမ်း ပေါ် ဆွဲ တင် ဘို့၊ အဖွဲ့ အား လုံး က ခေါင်း ဆောင် တွေ ကို တောင်းဆို ဘို့ လို ပြီ။
ဒေါက်တာ ဇာနည် Time to End Myanmar’s Internal Conflicts. All Leaders Must be Pressured to Sue for Peace.