AuthorDr. Su Mon Thazin Aung

Dr. Su Mon Thazin Aung is Director of Training and Capacity-Building at the Institute for Strategy and Policy- Myanmar. She also works as a Consultant at the Asian Foundation in Myanmar on governance and policy-making project. Dr. Aung holds a PhD in Politics and Governance Studies from the University of Hong Kong. She also earned a M.Sc in International Political Economy from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, a MBA from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and a BA in Southeast Asia and Pacific Studies from the University of Yangon. Her current research interests encompass elite politics and policy studies during democratic transition, particularly in relation to ethnic conflicts, resources extraction, media reform and labour policies primarily in Myanmar and Southeast Asia. Dr. Aung has published several scholarly articles and book chapters in academic publications including Routledge, Journal of Contemporary Asia, ISEAS, and World Scientific. Her commentaries on Contemporary Myanmar’s Politics also appear on the Foreign Policy, and East Asia Forum. She is also a regular contributor of Myanmar Quarterly Journal.