Works
CONTESTED POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN POST-COUP MYANMAR
The attempted coup of February 2021 by the State Administration Council (SAC) has catalysed dramatic shifts in Myanmar’s political and…
Myanmar’s Military Is No Longer in Effective Control of the Country
The country’s neighbors continue to treat the military administration like a viable sovereign entity. They risk being left behind by…
Self-determination under an interim constitutional framework: Local administration in ethnic areas of Myanmar
By Naw Show Ei Ei Tun and Kim Jolliffe June 2022 Download a PDF of this report HERE. [This report…
This Is Not the Time for Foreign Governments to Stay ‘Neutral’ in Myanmar
[Published in the Diplomat] Myanmar is approaching an inflection point, but the window for meaningful foreign action is quickly closing….
Making soldiers serve the people
In Frontier Magazine Indictments from international courts will not miraculously transform Myanmar’s security forces, whose reform ultimately depends on political…
Democratising Myanmar’s security sector: enduring legacies and a long road ahead
During nearly 50 years of military rule, Myanmar’s government and economic institutions were under the tight grip of the armed…
After ceasefires, insecurity continues to plague south east Myanmar
A Commentary on the findings of, “Security, justice and governance in south east Myanmar: a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey…
Security, justice and governance in south east Myanmar: a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey in Karen ceasefire areas
I led this ambitious survey, working with a fantastic and expansive team. Saferworld and the Karen Peace Support Network present…
Between Ceasefires and Federalism: Exploring Interim Arrangements in the Myanmar peace process
Co-authored with Ashley South, Tim Schroeder, Mi Kun Chan Non, Saw Sa Shine, Susanne Kempel, Axel Schroeder and Naw Wah Shee…
Security integration in Myanmar: reflections from conflict-affected societies
Authored by Dylan Hendrickson, with additional input from Kim Jolliffe. Myanmar’s peace process has brought to the fore critical debates…
The Contested Areas of Myanmar: Subnational Conflict, Aid, and Development
Co-authored along with Adam Burke, Nicola Williams, Patrick Barron and Thomas Carr. Far from being a problem restricted to the…
PODCAST: Security integration in Myanmar: past experiences and future visions
With Saferworld’s John Bainbridge We sat down for a detailed discussion on this report, including many extra details and lines…
Security integration in Myanmar: past experiences and future visions
For Saferworld Myanmar’s peace process has ignited a debate about the future of the country’s security sector and establishment of a federal…
Asia Foundation Dialogue Briefs
In 2015 and 2016, I worked with The Asia Foundation and a team of awesome co-researchers to develop a series…
A new chapter for the Karen movement
A new chapter for the Karen movement The recent vote to remove the de facto opposition from the KNU’s leading…
Ceasefires, Governance, and Development: The Karen National Union in Times of Change
This report for The Asia Foundation examines the governance dynamics in southeastern Myanmar around the 67-year-old conflict between the Karen…
Ethnic Armed Actors and Justice Provision in Myanmar
By Brian McCartan and Kim Jolliffe As a result of decades of ongoing civil war, large areas of Myanmar remain…
Strength in Diversity: Towards Universal Education in Myanmar’s Ethnic Areas
Co-authored with Emily Speers-Mears. This study details the role and operations of non-state education providers in ethnic areas, specifically Mon, Shan…
Achieving Health Equity in Contested Areas of Southeast Myanmar
Bill Davis and Kim Jolliffe This report gives an overview of the parallel Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ethnic Armed…
A community-led approach to conflict sensitivity in Myanmar
In 2013, Saferworld began a process to support local civil society organisations (CSOs) to promote more conflict-sensitive approaches by international…
Conflict and Governance in Myanmar
As landmark November elections approach, Myanmar is experiencing its most intensive armed conflicts in decades, particularly in the country’s north,…
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…
Ethnic Armed Conflict and Territorial Administration in Myanmar
The Asia Foundation carried out research in 2015 to examine and compare de jure and de facto administration systems in…
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…
Forced Migration and the Myanmar Peace Process
With Ashley South Published by the UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) This study explores how refugee and IDP issues…
Refugee decision-making processes, community-based protection and potential voluntary repatriation to Myanmar
January 2015 This paper commissioned by UNHCR, explores the capacities and mechanisms for ‘self-protection’ that exist among Karen refugees in…
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….
Ethnic Conflict and Social Services in Myanmar’s Contested Regions
With development aid commitments on the rise, Myanmar has the potential to greatly strengthen the delivery of health, education, and…
Ceasefires and Durable Solutions in Myanmar: A Lessons Learned Review
This paper was published by the UNHCR’s Geneva-based Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES). The paper looks back at the movements…
Do No Harm: Promote Ethnic Service Structures
US Institute of Peace (Blog) December 18, 2013 Read the original version here As Myanmar opens up ‘ethnic’ areas for…
People’s War; People’s Peace: Fostering a ‘social contract’ for Myanmar’s Karen civil war
October 2013 Myanmar’s recent moves to liberalise its economy and loosen its authoritarian approach to governance have attracted a host…
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…
Internal rifts persist as Karen National Union seeks peace in Myanmar
IHS Jane’s Intelligence Weekly October 30, 2012 Read here (subscription only)
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…
US Seeks Military Re-Engagement with Myanmar
IHS Jane’s Intelligence Weekly June 15, 2012 Read here (subscription only)
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…
Chinese Opium Substitution Fuels Myanmar Ethnic Conflict
IHS Jane’s Intelligence Weekly May 17, 2012 Read here
Buying power: Easing sanctions in Myanmar
South East Asia Globe May 9, 2012 Crippled by decades of forced isolation yet central to a thriving economy, small…
Grappling with graft
South East Asia Globe May 6, 2012 While the government is keen to tackle endemic corruption on paper, lifting its…
Tycoons and tyrants
South East Asia Globe May 1, 2012 For the junta that ruled Myanmar for decades, pandering to Western political demands…
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…
