Myanmar

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Photos by Adam Dean

The conflict between Myanmar’s military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an ethnic rebel army fighting for autonomy along Myanmar’s border with China, entwines with the illegal trade of heroine and jade.
The Kachin political project spans the geopolitically complex terrain of Burma, China, and India, in a way resonant to the deeply fraught transborder politics of the Kurdish people.

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Actors, Impact on Civilians Uncertainty in Changing Security Landscapes: Evidence from Colombia and Myanmar This paper sheds light on how uncertainty informs people’s everyday lives in changing conflict situations. Annette Idler argues that, in settings of armed multiparty conflicts, changes such as ceasefires or the demobilization of an armed actor induce uncertainty because the previously existing order and the rules of behaviour attached to it are no longer available. Drawing on evidence from extensive fieldwork in Myanmar’s and Colombia’s remote conflict-affected borderlands, she shows that… Addiction to Natural Resources: Jade, Poppy, and the Political Economy of Conflict in Burma’s Northern Border Adam Dean’s photo-essay on northern Myanmar (formerly Burma) shows how political conflict between Myanmar’s military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an ethnic rebel army fighting for autonomy along Myanmar’s border with China, is interlaced with the illegal trade of both heroine and jade. Dean’s visually stunning photographs should help to draw attention to this dizzyingly complex conflict. The Kachin political project spans the geopolitically complex terrain of Burma, China, and… Actors, Impact on Civilians, Environments, Methods Conflict in Myanmar Actors, Impact on Civilians, Environments Cross-Stakeholder Forum Reports: Understanding Changing Conflict Dynamics in Myanmar and the Horn of Africa The Oxford Global Security Programme partnered with the UN System Staff College, the Danish Refugee Council, and International Alert to host a virtual cross-stakeholder forum that brought together civil society, the international community, and academia. ​This unique cross-stakeholder methodology facilitated exploring different perspectives —from three different continents— on topics such as the transition from war to peace, uncertainty, and perceived and experienced insecurities. Myanmar…