Stein Myint·Sep 17Deported Into the Junta’s War: How Myanmar’s Conscription System Reaches Across BordersFor Myanmar’s military regime, a border is not a limit on power. It is a recruitment obstacle to be overcome.
Stein Myint·Aug 20The Junta’s Great Emptying: Myanmar’s People Are Being Driven From HomeMyanmar’s military regime is not governing a country. It is emptying one.
Stein Myint·May 11The Chinese Myanmar ForgotI grew up in Mandalay knowing that being Chinese in Myanmar was never just about ancestry. It was about being visible and invisible at the…
Stein Myint·May 2Myanmar’s Performative Mercy: Why the Junta’s Gestures Still Cannot Produce LegitimacyPresident U Win Myint’s release and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s transfer to house arrest look, on the surface, like signs of…
Stein Myint·Apr 12Min Aung Hlaing’s New Title Cannot Wash Away the CoupHe did not open a new chapter for Myanmar. He staged a renaming ceremony for the same system of fraud, violence, imprisonment, and military…