Independent researcher specialising in security, development and humanitarian affairs in Myanmar
Works
Forced Migration: Typology and Local Agency in Southeast Myanmar
With Ashley South for Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 37, No. 2 (2015), pp. 211–41 Ethnic armed conflict has plagued southeast Myanmar…
Playing with Peace in Myanmar
Published in Foreign Policy in Focus. As ceasefires in Myanmar enter their third fragile year, international aid commitments geared towards…
Myanmar and the post-2015 development agenda
Myanmar Times Monday, 12 January 2015 (Read original here) Both politically and economically, 2015 could be a transformative year for Myanmar….
The Role of People’s Security in Peace Building
June 2013 Exploring the role of populations in Myanmar’s conflict, this short paper outlines the importance in solving the everyday…
Threats to Stability as Myanmar Awakens
The Risky Shift NOVEMBER 12, 2012 The recent economic opening of Myanmar is a huge chance for the country. However…
Law without order in Myanmar
Asia Times Online July 26, 2012 CHIANG MAI – With most Western economic sanctions against Myanmar now lifted, concerns are…
US-Myanmar eye military links
Asia Times Online June 26, 2012 When United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta signaled at a recent regional defense…
Myanmar’s precarious opening
Asia Times Online May 24, 2012 With Myanmar’s pariah status now a thing of the past, the world’s leading multilateral…
Dilemmas of Burma in transition
Forced Migration Review March 1, 2011 Until a government of Burma is able to accept the role of non-state armed…
Burma’s Big Brother
Foreign Policy in Focus December 2, 2011 With Western sanctions and endemic levels of corruption, Burma’s economy has typically been…
