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Tatmadaw Day 27 March 2020: Things that the Myanmar Armed Forces must do to remain credible and relevant
Jaideep Chanda

The Tatmadaw, as the Myanmar Armed Forces are referred to, celebrate their 75th Anniversary Day on 27 March 2020, i.e. today. The Tatmadaw Nay as it is also referred to, March 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Commentary, Tatmadaw Day 27 March 2020, Tatmadaw Diamond Jubilee, Myanmar Armed Forces credibility and relevance, 75th Anniversary Day things that Myanmar Armed Forces must do, Four Solemn Vows of the Tatmadaw Members, Three National Causes

COVID-19 reaches Myanmar: Why India Must React Fast
Jaideep Chanda

In an article on 23 March 2020, noted Myanmar author and journalist Bertil Lintner raised the alarm about a number of respiratory disease rel

March 25, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Commentary, COVID-19 in Myanmar, flatten the curve in Myanmar, Coronavirus in Myanmar, Indian assistance to Myanmar in COVID-19
Myanmar Economy: Current Trends and Issues
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

According to a recent World Bank Report (15 January 2020) the Myanmar economy is growing at a steady pace; it

March 06, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Commentary, India, economic sanctions, COVID-19, World Bank, Myanmar GDP, Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP), State Owned Enterprises
Raising ‘Myanmar Consciousness’: Visit of the President of Myanmar to India (26 - 29 February 2020)
Jaideep Chanda

Myanmar scholars have a tough time! The appalling lack of ‘Myanmar consciousness’ of the Indian mainstream media, especially the English print media, is reflected by the near total absence of the coverage of the visit of His Excellency U Win Myin

February 28, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar President visit to India February 2020, Joint Statement Myanmar February 2020, MoUs with Myanmar February 2020, Myanmar consciousness, Rakhine State Development Programme
शी हजूर! म्यांमार के लिए ‘नए दौर’ में पुरानी शराब
Jaideep Chanda

म्यांमार उस समय बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव (बीआरआई) में एक तरह से शामिल हो गया था, जब मई 2017 में आंग सान

February 18, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Hindi, Article, New Era, Xi Hajoor!, Hearts and Minds Investments, म्यांमार. Xi Jinping visits Myanmar
Myanmar Round Up: January 2020 (A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar)
Jaideep Chanda

Myanmar charged into the New Year with high profile events dominating January 2020, viz. the visit by Xi Jinping; publication of the Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) Report and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) interim verdict. In addi

February 14, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Xi Jinping, ICOE, ICJ Interim, Japan Myanmar Relations
Myanmar Round Up: December 2019
Aakriti Vinayak

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s spirited though controversial visit to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), The Hague, to defend her nation, its armed forces and its conduct leading to the Rohingya Crisis, was the predominant event in December. Interna

January 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar, Peace, Rohingya issue, Neighbourhood studies, ICJ verdict, Arakan army
Xi Hajoor ! Old Wine in the ‘New Era’ for Myanmar
Jaideep Chanda

Background
Myanmar effectively boarded the BRI when Aung San Suu Kyi attended the First Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in May 2017. President Xi Jinping even acknowledged Myanmar in the context of the BRI in

January 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, New Era, Xi Jinping visits Myanmar, Xi Hajoor!, Documents Signed, Hearts and Minds Investments
Digital Empowerment of Myanmar
Radhika Daga

Introduction
On Oct 1, 2019, Myanmar celebrated “U-day”, to mark the official transition from its homegrown digital font Zawgyi (pronounced as “zaw-jee”) to a unified font conforming to the international standards of “Unicode�

December 30, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar, technology, Cyber-security, Digitalisation
Myanmar Round Up: November 2019
Aakriti Vinayak

November saw Myanmar come under coordinated international legal offensive with three cases filed against it in a span of four days, centered around the Rohingya crisis. Internally, the peace process remains stalled and the skirmishes between the Arak

December 10, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Rohingya issue, Myanmar rebel armies, Myanmar clashes, Myanmar peace
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