Featured The State of Myanmar: ISP–Myanmar’s Annual Strategic Review and Foresight 2025–2026 State of Myanmar by ISP Admin
issue:GT2026-02, 4 May 2026 Tracker A Dozen Parallel Administrations in Shan State With at least 12 competing administrative bodies operating across Shan State, the effective functioning of governance is increasingly undermined. This leaves local communities to navigate with growing confusion.
issue:GT2026-01, 11 Feb 2026 Tracker Personalistic Tyranny: The Constitutional Tribunal Amendment Curtailing the powers of the Hluttaw speakers has weakened the legislative check and balance over the Tribunal. Concurrently, the Tribunal’s power consolidates.
issue:GT-02, 26 Sep 2025 Tracker Fortune and Risk: The KIO’s Rare Earth Dilemma Following a record decline in rare earth exports to China in 2025, the Chinese government exerted pressure on the KIO, and the KIO’s resource governance plays a key factor in political bargaining and power consolidation.
issue:GT-01, 14 Aug 2025 Tracker The Ta’ang Land Council’s Looming Challenges The PSLF/TNLA, which controls 10 townships within the northern Shan State and the Mandalay Region, has formed the Ta’ang Land Council (TLC). It is now confronting two key governance tests.
issue:107, 14 Aug 2025 Mapping TNLA Extending Its Governance Arm The nine-member council includes three representatives each from the military, political, and civil sectors of the Ta’ang ethnicity.
