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Today, over 37 million Myanmar citizens, including 5 million first-time voters, will go to the polls. Much is at stake in this election, but the role of the military still looms large in Myanmar politics, writes DB Subedi. theconversation.com/why-myanmars-e… University of New England

Glad to know that the article on Nepal-India border dispute that DB Subedi and I jointly wrote has been featured in the Australian Outlook as one of the most read articles of the year 2020! (internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl…)

UN Security Council failed to agree on a statement condemning Myanmar coup, but it did not surprise me. aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/3/…

Here is my analysis - co-authored with my colleague Johanna Garnett - on Myanmar's military coup: Myanmar's military has used surveillance, draconian laws and fear to stifle dissent before. Will it work again? theconversation.com/myanmars-milit… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Why Myanmar is rising up in collective fury after a military coup? DB Subedi DB Subedi and Adam Simpson interviewed by Gemma Ware @conversationuk The Conversation Podcasts theconversation.com/why-myanmar-is…

My addition to the western ‘hot takes’ I’m afraid bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

#ICYMI: DB Subedi, Postdoc Research Fellow at UNE, on why the Myanmar of 2021 is v different from when it emerged from 50 years of military rule in 2011. “They know...how it feels to live under under a democratically elected government.” DB Subedi #Myanmar okt.to/VdCZx6

Protests have rocked Myanmar in recent days as people take to the streets demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's de facto leader who was arrested during a military coup on February 1. The full story can be heard on this week’s episode of #TheConversationWeekly

How is Myanmar’s Military Coup Revealing the Youth’s Changing Political Culture? internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl…

SL's University of Peradeniya invents face mask that destroys viruses newswire.lk/2021/02/28/sls…

My DECRA rejoinder is submitted; I think now I should forget about it for next few months :)

UNE Peace Studies presents a nonviolence film festival from 3 to 7 May. Please come and join us in the Oorala Lecture Theatre at UNE, from 12:00 to 13:00. Films will be followed by a discussion on power of nonviolence in the contemporary world. Films are free; all are welcome.

I look forward to this paper by friend/colleague DB Subedi on the mechanics/tricks of propaganda and & authoritarianism- a trend/tendency that begs a similar study on Pacific leaders that would be both groundbreaking and quite revealing: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Received good news yesterday. My book review is published in Global Change, Peace, and Security. I review DB Subedi's edited volume on reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Call for Applications Centre For Social Change #Nepal "Online Course on Civil Resistance and Nonviolent Conflict" Enthusiast applicants from Nepal and South Asia region are highly encouraged to apply here: socialchange.org.np/online-course-…

📢 Please SHARE widely! Call for papers - Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability 2022 - March 1-3, 2022. SIPRI is one of the partners of NERPS at Hiroshima University. You can submit your abstracts here ⏩buff.ly/3ejmfhg.

I'm happy to share that the Special Issue on "Authoritarianism and Religion in South Asia" that I co-edited with howard brasted and Shafi Md Mostofa as a guest editor is now published by World Affairs journal (vol 187, issue 2). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19401582/c…

Attending the IPSA World Congress of Political Science in Seoul, South Korea. 🇰🇷 Super excited to participate and ready for a week of insightful discussions, catch ups and new connections!