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29 Aug 2024

Bridge Education Program (Batch-7) Application Now Open

ISP-Myanmar is now accepting applications for the Bridge Education Program (Batch 7). This three-month intensive program will commence in mid-October 2024. Interested applicants must submit their applications by 5 PM (Myanmar Time) on September 15, 2024.

12 Apr 2024

30 Minutes with the ISP

We are excited to launch this new TV show to provide a platform for all members of the ISP's Gabyin community to participate and discuss various topics. After three years of the military coup in Myanmar, discussions among politicians, activists, and citizens have primarily been focused on ‘emergency’ to address life-saving needs and ‘solidarity’ to show unity among the forces struggling against injustice in Myanmar politics.

28 Dec 2023

ISP-Myanmar’s 10 Most Read Analyses of 2023

ISP is excited to showcase the top ten pieces that captivated our readers this year! Leading the list is none other than the OnPoint analysis on 'Operation 1027.' The remaining gems include ISP Mappings on Conflict, Peace and Security, and China Studies, along with Insight Emails delving into the military succession crisis and armed conflict in the Northern Shan State. Explore these engaging pieces through the links below!

26 Sep 2023

ISP Gabyin Community turned one year!

We are thrilled to share some exciting milestones we achieved last week! Our ISP's social media presence soared to new heights with a whopping 23 million Facebook posts reached and a fantastic 11,000 members joining the Gabyin Community in just one year.

2 Dec 2021

ISP-Myanmar denounces the court’s unjust two year sentence against its staff member, Aung Myo Htet

The Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP) – Myanmar has learned that Aung Myo Htet, a member of the ISP-Myanmar staff, was sentenced by a court to two years in prison on November 30, 2021, for violating Section 505A of the Penal Code. ISP-Myanmar strongly condemns this decision by the court.

20 Apr 2021

Call for the immediate release of Aung Myo Htet, a member of ISP-Myanmar

Aung Myo Htet, a staff member of the Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar), was detained by state security forces while sitting in a tea shop in Kanbalu, Sagaing region on the morning of April 20.

19 Feb 2021

Notification of Deliberate Disinformation

The article "Additional People May be Included in US Sanctions," published on The Raw Facebook page on February 5, 2021, constitutes deliberate disinformation. This false news was disseminated on February 13 and again on February 18, 2021, and was widely shared.

16 Feb 2021

ISP-Myanmar’s Urgent Appeal

The Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) clearly expressed its protest against the military coup on February 1, 2021. In our public statement on February 5, we urged the junta to find a peaceful solution by means of political dialogue with key stakeholders in order to resolve all crises caused by the coup.

5 Feb 2021

Statement of ISP-Myanmar

ISP-Myanmar strongly condemns the coup d'état that occurred on February 1, 2021, and firmly asserts that there is no justification for such an action. Prior to this event, ISP-Myanmar had consistently voiced its opposition to any coup as a solution to political crises.

20 Sep 2017

Other

Aung San Suu Kyi, a Much-Changed Icon, Evades Rohingya Accusations

A version of this article appears in print on September 20, 2017, on Page A8 of the New York edition with the headline: Myanmar Leader, a Nobel Laureate, Defends Military From Rohingya Accusations. Aung San Suu Kyi, a Much-Changed Icon, Evades Rohingya Accusations By RICHARD C. PADDOCK and HANNAH BEECH NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Daw Aung […]

20 Jul 2017

China Studies

China Showers Myanmar With Attention, as Trump Looks Elsewhere

By JANE PERLEZ JULY 19, 2017 NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — When Myanmar’s leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, wanted to hold a peace conference to end her country’s long-burning insurgencies, a senior Chinese diplomat went to work. The official assembled scores of rebel leaders, many with longstanding connections to China, briefed them on the peace gathering […]

2 Jul 2016

State Department names Burma one of world’s worst countries for human trafficking

The State Department has named Burma as one of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders, and it removed Thailand from the list, citing progress in cracking down on forced labor in the seafood industry. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Thursday is watched closely by the countries clustered at the bottom. It is viewed […]

1 Jul 2016

Mon Groups Fear Surge of Burman Migrants

RANGOON — Last week, more than 10 Mon civil society organizations (CSO) demanded that the Mon State Chief Minister review the government’s plan to issue household registration cards to internal migrant workers who have moved from Upper Burma to work on rubber plantations and salt farms in Mon State. Naing Htun Myint, chairman of the […]

1 Jul 2016

Education still elusive for many Myanmar children in Thailand

For the millions of Myanmar migrant workers living in Thailand, one of the many struggles is trying to figure out how to get their kids an education. Education centres, which, unlike Thai schools, are free to attend for Myanmar students, did not receive support from the Myanmar government last academic year and they are still […]

21 Jun 2016

Dalai Lama to Suu Kyi: ease tensions in Arakan

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tensions between majority Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, her fellow Nobel laureate, the Dalai Lama, said on Monday. The Tibetan spiritual leader said he had stressed the issue in meetings with Suu Kyi, who came to power in April in the […]