Women are not asked to interpret Islamic law, and few expect them to do so. Very often, this is because women are not sufficiently trained for this work.
Tag: southeast asia
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Across Myanmar’s history, personalized power has been the norm. Loyalty is to the leader, not to the institution, and when key officials are chosen today they are described as loyal to an individual, not an institution or ideal.
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At a time when established ways of working with refugee displacement are proving inadequate, the situation in Indonesia provides some clues for rethinking global responses.
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Because of her international stature as a democratic icon, there are usually high expectations placed on Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Despite the popularity of the “status quo” approach to China, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will nevertheless have to maintain her own front against China, as disunity would create opportunities for Beijing to weaken democratic institutions and exacerbate domestic instability.
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The divisions between the junta and the populations of the Deep South region have been driven deeper by the nationwide referendum on a new constitution held in August.
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After decades of civil war, displacement, land seizures, discrimination, and poverty, the challenges facing Myanmar are both large-scale and complex.
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The Tokhang campaign suffers from assuming that local officials are trustworthy and the information they provide accurate.
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An overly sanguine response would nonetheless ignore the fact that the immediate result of an anti-China ruling might be no more than formalized rejection of its actions, which will likely continue apace.
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The culture of silence around the treatment of Rohingya and other ethnic groups in Myanmar poses some important questions.
