Global Voices

Beyond the bylines: How Kant Kaw turned a dream into a 15-year fight for equality in Myanmar

Women often carry heavier emotional burdens. Without mental resilience, it is easy to break so I protect myself carefully.” ...
Opinion

5 years on from the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite a country at risk of breaking apart

Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile. Since then, the economy has ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

Myanmar’s civil war: How shifting US-Russia ties could tip balance and hand China a greater role

(THE CONVERSATION) While the United States talked , Russia did the same with : Myanmar. On March 4, 2025, the commander in chief and leader of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, . It was his fourth official ...
San Antonio Express-News

Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The first to heed the call was the opposition National Unity Government, which ...
The Week

5 years on from junta’s coup Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite country at risk of breaking apart

Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile.      Since then, the economy ...