National League for Democracy

Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the global game over Rohingya repatriation

Myanmar’s military wants the world to believe it will soon repatriate Rohingya refugees, but their fate seems a diminishing priority amid US, Chinese, ASEAN and other interests at play

| Apr 07, 2023

The machine that went rogue

Learning from Myanmar’s unsuccessful ‘Third Force’ movement.

| Jun 28, 2022

Delhi – Yangon – Delhi

A trip across borders geographical, political and cultural unravels the complex histories between India, Myanmar and their peoples

| Jan 15, 2013

The politics of boycott

As elections loom, how will the decision by Burma’s main opposition party to sit out the elections affect the larger efforts towards at democracy?

| May 01, 2010

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As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s

The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa

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Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan

Political scientist and author Sanaa Alimia speaks of the long history of racial profiling, harassment and deportation of Afghan migrants, in the context of Pakistan’s recent crackdown