Reining in emergency powers in Myanmar (Melissa Crouch, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/11/03/reining-in-emergency-powers-in-myanmar/

Asian MPs urge probe of reported Myanmar abuses as envoys visit troubled Rakhine (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-idUSKBN12X0E8?il=0

With Myanmar, India is following a different path from China's (Tridivesh Singh Maini, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/with-myanmar-india-is-following-a-different-path-from-china-s/sl/20151

How to unify a jaded polity in Myanmar (David Dapice, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/10/25/how-to-unify-a-jaded-polity-in-myanmar/

Myanmar’s fast-paced mobile phone rollout (Lex Rieffel, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2016/10/19/myanmars-fast-paced-mobile-phone-rollout/

Myanmar: a golden opportunity for Australia’s Human Rights Council bid (Thulasi Wigneswaran, The Strategist)

Australia officially launched its candidacy for membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2018–2020 term in October last year. If elected to a seat in the 2017 vote, Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said Australia would aim to ‘advance human rights in practical ways that have far reaching systematic effects’. Given that it’ll be up against France and Spain, with a reliable bloc of EU votes, Australia will need to prove its genuine interests to the claim. One way to do so would be to turn its attention to Myanmar—where human rights concerns are plentiful—to address ongoing violations in the country.

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/myanmar-golden-opportunity-australias-human-rights-council-bid/

Reforming Myanmar: The Big Task to Develop Human Capital (Arunajeet Kaur, RSIS)

Myanmar’s capacity in managing skilled labour and human capital development is at a fledgling state. The country struggles to overhaul the education system to facilitate Myanmar’s integration into the open market economy.

http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/nts/co16240-reforming-myanmar-the-big-task-to-develop-human-capital/#.V-0CSYiLTIU

Myanmar’s energy insecurities (Aiko Shimizu, East Asia Forum)

Myanmar is on track to be a major player in Asia’s energy security. It has an abundance of untapped resources, a geographic location strategically sandwiched between two economic giants (China and India) and has recently opened itself to world markets. Yet the Southeast Asian nation faces internal and external challenges in developing a competitive energy sector. To create an investment friendly environment, Myanmar must first address internal security issues such as ethnic conflict while juggling its external relationships with China and the West

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/06/01/myanmars-energy-insecurities/

Peace, alliance, and inclusivity: Ending conflict in Myanmar (Min Zaw Oo, Elliot Brennan, Brookings)

In March 2015, the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team representing 21 of Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups agreed to a draft nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with the government. The broad support for the draft NCA gave hope for a resounding end to more than 60 years of conflict.

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Min Zaw Oo. Director of Ceasefire Negotiation and Implementation, Myanmar Peace Center

Elliot Brennan. Conflict Analysis & Early Warning Specialist for Ceasefire Negotiation and Implementation, Myanmar Peace Center

Inside the village of mercy for Myanmar's landless poor (Laura Villadiego, Al Jazeera)

Aye Aye Thin, 44, is worried about her retirement. In six years' time, her husband will stop receiving the salary he makes today as a civil servant. Then, Aye, her husband and their five children will have to leave the government house they currently live in.

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s new government: What to look for in Myanmar (Lex Rieffel, Brookings)

A new and hopeful chapter in Myanmar/Burma’s sorrowful history will open on April 1 when the country’s first non-military government in 54 years takes office. The leader of this government is the world’s best-known living “icon of democracy,” Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Displaced by continued fighting in Myanmar's Shan state (Brennan O'Connor, Al Jazeera)

As Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party prepares to take power on April 1, and Htin Kyaw, Myanmar's first civilan president is sworn in after more than five decades of military rule, fighting in Myanmar's northern Shan State continues, despite a nationwide ceasefire agreement signed by the previous government last October.

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Assessing Myanmar’s New Cabinet (Joshua Kurlantzick, CFR)

Last week, Myanmar announced the first Cabinet proposed by its NLD-dominated government. Although a handful of important ministries, like defense, were reserved for the armed forces, the NLD took most of the other important posts. In fact, Suu Kyi herself decided to take four ministerial posts, including the foreign ministry.

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2016/03/28/assessing-myanmars-new-cabinet/

Myanmar: From Elections to Formation of the New Government (C. S. Kuppuswamy, SAAG)

http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1961

Myanmar's transition to civilian rule: A path full of hurdles (Obja Borah Hazarika, South Asia Monitor)

The election of U Htin Kyaw as President is a watershed moment in Myanmar’s history. Htin Kyaw’s government would be Myanmar’s first democratic administration since 1962 when the military seized power. Htin Kyaw's secured 360 votes from among 652 ballots cast. Myint Swe, who was the military nominee, won 213 votes, and will become the first vice president. Henry Van Tio, Htin Kyaw's NLD running mate, won 79 votes and will become the second vice president.

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=16053

L’ex autista di Aung San Suu Kyi è presidente (Francesco Valacchi, AffarInternazionali)

La guida del primo governo democraticamente eletto dal 1962 in Myanmar sarà il braccio destro del Premio Nobel per la pace. Lo schivo e discreto economista Htin Kyaw che ha da sempre affiancato la leader della Lega Nazionale Democratica al punto da essere suo autista in occasione di numerosi spostamenti per la riorganizzazione del partito è stato eletto Presidente il 16 marzo.

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3377

Myanmar’s Transition and the U.S. Role (Joshua Kurlantzick, CFR)

Last November, Myanmar held its first truly free national elections in twenty-five years. In the months leading up to the vote, members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), foreign diplomats, and many Myanmar voters worried that, no matter who actually received the most votes, the results would somehow be invalidated.

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2016/03/17/myanmars-transition-and-the-u-s-role/

Myanmar's new proxy president (Herve Lemahieu, IISS)

After four months of post-election uncertainty, secrecy and speculation, Myanmar's houses of parliament yesterday confirmed Htin Kyaw – a trusted aide and former schoolmate of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi – as the country's next president. He will assume office on 1 April, marking the first democratic transfer of power in Myanmar since 1960.

https://www.iiss.org/en/iiss%20voices/blogsections/iiss-voices-2016-9143/march-71d7/myanmars-new-proxy-president-eb96

Who is Htin Kyaw, Myanmar’s Presumptive President? (Joshua Kurlantzick, CFR)

Htin Kyaw, who is almost surely going to be the new president of Myanmar, was so unknown to the international media that when he was nominated last week for president by the National League for Democracy (NLD), stories about him were riddled with mistakes. Some news reports suggested that he had attended Oxford University (his father actually attended Oxford, while Htin Kyaw studied at the defunct University of London Institute of Computer Science), while other reports suggested he had been Suu Kyi’s chauffeur, a rumor strenuously denied by NLD spokespeople.

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2016/03/15/who-is-htin-kyaw-myanmars-presumptive-president/

Myanmar: Stalled Chinese Hydropower Project an Issue for Incoming Government (Lauren Hooley, FDI)

http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/myanmar-stalled-chinese-hydropower-project-an-issue-for-incoming-government/