Ashley South has 20 years’ experience as an independent author, researcher and consultant. He has a PhD from the Australian National University, and an MSc from SOAS (University of London), and is a Research Fellow at Chiang Mai University.
Subscribe to the South and Merryfellow Substack blog: https://frogmortpress.substack.com
This week - The politics of education in post-coup Burma
Watch ‘Myanmar Army on the Ropes’ (produced by me, Yan Naing and Tom Sheahan) on the
Al Jazeera YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3xDpiwAHQ
...
My latest ->
Don’t fall for the fake election in Myanmar, by Mi Kun Chan Non and Ashley South (East Asia Forum, 11-10-2024)
Myanmar's military junta plans to hold elections in November 2025, but this is widely seen as a sham. Free and fair elections are impossible due to widespread conflict and repression. The anti-junta movement now seeks fundamental changes in state–society relations, focusing on federalism and ethnic self-determination. Instead of supporting these elections, the international community should back the ongoing 'Spring Revolution' and support local governance in areas controlled by ethnic armed organisations.
https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/10/11/dont-fall-for-the-fake-election-in-myanmar/
&
Interview with The Irrawaddy - on conflict and climate change in Burma:
Part 1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1USLqjgs88ZVATNN/?mibextid=WC7FNe
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xnoau-7fvwo?si=PaI4zvTuLf0IXLzq
Part 2
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/9gvd7JmrYKcGbC1H/?mibextid=KsPBc6
YouTube: https://youtu.be/VkbVyjrqgjQ?si=AxwGYPaCqZFPkWb2
Part 3
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theirrawaddyburmese/videos/1209150623453993/
YouTube: https://youtu.be/X_-a6efr5EE?si=v3qDkrKlHV2A7CA2
Nancy and the Count: Vampires’ Gold, by Frank Merryfellow
[Ashley South] - The novel which predicted 1027 !
(Frogmort Press, Chiang Mai 2023)
Available in hardback at Barnes & Noble, Amazon and all good bookstores.
Buy the hardback edition from Barnes & Noble
The e-book [Kindle compatible] is available at Lulu and other e-bookstores.
Buy the e-book from Lulu Bookstore
You can also order the book and learn more about it at the
In Chiang Mai, get hard-copies from Golden Land Solidarity Collective,
in Mae Sot, from Borderline Collective,
and in Bangkok at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.
Nancy and the Count is a thriller, set in London, Thailand and Burma. The action takes place in an adjacent reality, as climate change begins to kick in – a good time for vampires to re-emerge.
Our heroine Nancy kills an attacking vampire, setting off a chain of adventures. The tale leads through subterranean vaults of the British Museum and encounters with the evil Count and his minions – the bat Sgargov and the tarantula-munching Jikes (a corrupt police officer).
But Nancy has friends and allies – her resurrection man and husband Saw Wah, Prof Potts and his team at the university, the mysterious Van Helsing, and last but not least the brave Karen insurgents of Burma.
There are scenes of terror and violence. Teaming up with her comrades in the revolution, Nancy heads into the war zone – to capture the vampires’ gold, and a sickeningly powerful cache of magic rubies.
The Count is in league with the evil Burmese junta. The enemy attacks in the deepest jungle. Can Nancy and her little team out-fight the forces of evil?
No part of the book was written or produced using AI.
Non-fiction Books
- 2023 - Conflict, Complexity and Climate Change: emergent federal systems in post-coup Myanmar (Chiang Mai University RCSD-IDRC 2023)
Following the 2021 coup, the state of Myanmar is not fragile or failing - it has failed. But a new federal Burma is emerging, from the bottom up. Ethnic Armed Organizations and civil society networks have globally important roles to play in adapting to and mitigating climate change, by protecting some of the best remaining forests in Southeast Asia. The challenge is to support local resilience while there is still time, amid escalating global crises.
Hardcopies can be purchased from the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, CMU. The e-book – and Burmese language translation - can be downloaded (public access, free of charge) here: https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/publications/conflict-complexity-climate-change/
- 2021 - Moving Around Myanmar: Migration in, from, and back to Burma, edited by Tony Waters, Ashley South, Chayan Vaddhanaphuti and Luke Corbin (Chiang Mai University Press: https://rcsd-cmu.bookcaze.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=25940)
- 2018 - Citizenship in Myanmar: ways of being in and from Burma, edited by Ashley South and Marie Lall (ISEAS Singapore and Chiang Mai University Press: https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2291)
- 2008 [second edition 2010] – Ethnic Politics in Burma: States of Conflict (Routledge)
- 2003 [second edition 2005] – Mon Nationalism and Civil War in Burma: The Golden Sheldrake (RoutledgeCurzon)
Film
-
Myanmar Army on the Ropes - first broadcast 11 April 2024 (produced by me, Yan Naing and Tom Sheahan):
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/people-power/
& on the Al Jazeera YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3xDpiwAHQ
- Protecting Myanmar’s Forests - November 2021: https://kesan.asia/resource/protecting-myanmars-forests/\
This short film was presented at the COP-26 Climate Conference (in the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion) on 5 November 2021. It shows how Karen and Kachin indigenous peoples protect Burma’s forests against the military junta and other threats. This inspiring film features Dr Tu Hkawng (National Unity Government, Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation) and Saw Paul Sein Twa (KESAN, the 2020 Goldman Prize Winner), and explains how indigenous people fight climate change and sustain both human communities and ecosystems. Produced by Tom Sheahan and Ashley South.
Chapters in edited volumes
- COMING SOON ! Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by
Suwilai Premsrirat and David Hirsh - chapter on Multilingual Education: Politics and Pedagogy. A Case Study on Myanmar’s Ethnic Education Systems, by Ashley South, Emily Stenning and Tim Schroeder: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781800419728
- 2022 - Evolving climate change governance in Myanmar: Limitations and opportunities in a political crisis, by
Adam Simpson and Ashley South (in 'Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives', Routledge - ed. Jens Marquardt, Laurence L. Delina and Mattijs Smits): https://www.routledge.com/Governing-Climate-Change-in-Southeast-Asia-Critical-Perspectives/Marquardt-Delina-Smits/p/book/9780367342555 - 2022 - Afterword (in 'Teaching for Peace and Social Justice in Myanmar: identity, agency and critical pedagogy', Bloomsbury - ed Mary Shepherd Wong)
- 2015 - Governance and Political Legitimacy in the Peace Process (in 'Myanmar: the dynamics of an evolving polity', Lynn Reiner - ed. David Steinberg)
- 2014 - 3 Chapters in 'Burma/Myanmar: where now?', NIAS Press Copenhagen - eds Mikael Gravers & Flemming Ytzen - PDF [with Charles Petrie] - PDF & PDF
- 2010 – Karen Legitimacy and Conflict (in ‘Ruling Myanmar’, Australian National University/ISEAS Singapore - eds Trevor Wilson, Monique Skidmore & Nicholas Cheesman)
- 2007 – Conflict and Displacement in Burma/Myanmar (in ‘Myanmar: The State, Society and the Environment’, Australian National University/ISEAS Singapore - eds Trevor Wilson & Monique Skidmore)
- 2007 – Ceasefires and Civil Society: The Case of the Mon (in the ‘Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma’, NIAS Press - ed. Mikael Gravers) – PDF
Christian and Daoist studies
- Empty Ways: Christian Prayer and Daoist Meditation ('Journal of Daoist Studies', Vol.14 2021) - PDF (slightly revised version of the published article)
- Daoism and Peacebuilding: Toward an Agenda for Research and Practice ('Journal of Daoist Studies', Vol.11 2018) - http://www.lulu.com/shop/jds-editors/journal-of-daoist-studies-vol-11/paperback/product-23500610.html - PDF
Peer-reviewed academic articles
- 2024 - Education Reform in Post-Coup Myanmar: Federalizing or Federating? , co-authored with Emily Stenning and Tim Schroeder ('Contemporary Southeast Asia,' Vol.46,No.3, August 2024) - PDF
- 2021 - Towards “Emergent Federalism” in Post-coup Myanmar ('Contemporary Southeast Asia,' Vol.43,No.3, December 2021) - PDF: Burmese language translation
- 2021 - Empty Ways: Christian Prayer and Daoist Meditation ('Journal of Daoist Studies', Vol.14, 2021) - PDF (slightly revised version of the published article)
- 2018 - Power Dynamics of Language and Education Policy in Myanmar’s Contested Transition [Marie Lall and Ashley South] ('Comparative Education Review', Vol.62, No.4, 2018)
- 2018 - Daoism and Peacebuilding: Toward an Agenda for Research and Practice ('Journal of Daoist Studies', Vol.11, 2018) -
- 2017 - “Hybrid Governance” and the Politics of Legitimacy in the Myanmar Peace Process ('Journal of Contemporary Asia', 2017) - http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/n8dKEPuynMeC3I6r6vAe/full
- 2016 - From Rebels to Rulers: The Challenges of Transition for Nonstate Armed Groups in Mindanao and Myanmar [with Christopher M. Joll] ('Critical Asian Studies', Vol.48,No.2, 2016) - PDF
- 2016 - Language, Education and the Peace Process in Myanmar [with Marie Lall] ('Contemporary Southeast Asia' Vol.38, No.1) - PDF
- 2015 – Forced Migration: typology and agency in Southeast Myanmar [with Kim Jolliffe] (‘Contemporary Southeast Asia’ Vol.37, No.2, 2015) – PDF
- 2013 – Comparing Models of Non-state Ethnic Education in Myanmar: the Mon and Karen national education regimes [with Marie Lall] (‘Journal of Contemporary Asia’, 2013)
- 2012 – The Politics of Protection in Burma: beyond the humanitarian mainstream ('Critical Asian Studies', Vol.44,No.2, 2012): www.criticalasianstudies.org
- 2008 – Civil Society in Burma: The Development of Democracy Amidst Conflict (East-West Centre, Washington – ‘Policy Studies’ No.51, 2008)
- 2007 – Karen Nationalist Communities: The ‘Problem’ of Diversity (‘Contemporary Southeast Asia’ Vol.29, No.1, 2007 - ISEAS/National University of Singapore) – PDF
- 2007 – Burma: The Changing Nature of Displacement Crises (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University, Working Paper No.39, 2007) – PDF
- 2004 – Political Transition in Myanmar: A New Model for Democratization (‘Contemporary Southeast Asia’ Vol.26,No.4, 2004 – ISEAS/National University of Singapore) – PDF
Reports
-
January 2023 - Protracted displacement, local economies and protection (Covenant Institute, Protracted Displacement Economies project, Myanmar team), in ‘Humanitarian Exchange Magazine’ (Humanitarian Practice Network, Overseas Development Institute, Issue 82, 10-1-2023) - https://odihpn.org/publication/protracted-displacement-local-economies-and-protection-communities-and-ethnic-armed-organisations-in-myanmar/
-
July 2022 - A New Look at Federalism in Myanmar (Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform/PeaceRep, University of Edinburgh) - https://peacerep.org/publication/a-new-look-at-federalism-in-myanmar/
- May 2022 - Climate Change in a Northern Karen Village: Reflections on Luthaw Township Livelihoods - Part Two (Protracted Displacement Economies Research Briefing by Ashley and Joe South, Covenant Institute) - PDF & Karen translation
- January 2022 - Northern Karen State: Reflections on Luthaw Township Livelihoods (Covenant Institute, GCRF - Protracted Displacement Economies project) - PDF
- December 2021 - Ethnic Armed Organisations and Climate Change in Myanmar (Search for Common Ground, 14 December 2021) - PDF - & Burmese translation https://www.sfcg.org/tag/myanmar-reports/
-
January 2021 - Language and Education in Chin State (Myanmar Education Partnerships Project), by Ashley South, Nicola Edwards, Tyler Davis, Cin Khan Lian, Rachel Niang Dim, Mai Naomi Thang, Emily Stenning, Tim Schroeder - PDF [English] - PDF [Burmese language]
-
November 2020 - COVID-19: Coordination, Collaboration & Interim Arrangements (Covenant Consult):
https://covenant-consult.com/2020/11/covid-19-coordination-collaboration-interim-arrangements/
available in English and Burmese languages
-
October 2020 - Listening for Coronavirus in eastern Bago and Mon - Saw Ner Tar, Mi Kun Chan Non, Mi Morchai, Mi Sar Yar Poine, Naw Thazin and Ashley South (Covenant Consult & Centre for Good Governance)
-
August 2020 - Towards a Tipping Point? Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Southeast Myanmar - Ashley South and Liliana Demartini (ActionAid Myanmar):
https://myanmar.actionaid.org/publications/2020/towards-tipping-point
Full report in English, with summary/briefing paper in English, Burmese, Sgaw Karen and Pwo Karen
-
July 2020 - Reflections on the 1995 New Mon State Party Ceasefire - Nai Hongsa, Martin Smith, Ashley South, Nai Kasauh Mon, Nai Banya Hongsar (Covenant Consult):
https://covenant-consult.com/2020/07/reflections-on-the-1995-new-mon-state-party-ceasefire/ -
December 2018 - Protecting civilians in the Kachin borderlands, Myanmar: Key threats and local responses (Overseas Development Institute/Humanitarian Practice Group Working Paper) - PDF
Executive Summary: Jingphaw & Burmese language translations - PDF -
November 2018 - Myanmar Interim Arrangements Research Project, Between Ceasefires and Federalism: Exploring Interim Arrangements in the Myanmar peace process (Covenant Consult: Ashley South, Tim Schroeder, Kim Jolliffe, Mi Kun Chan Non, Saw Sa Shine, Susanne Kempel, Axel Schroeder and Naw Wah Shee Mu) - PDF
Executive Summary available in Burmese, Shan, Sgaw Karen and Mon languages:
-
February 2016 - Schooling and Conflict: ethnic education and mother tongue-based teaching in Myanmar [with Marie Lall] - The Asia Foundation -
- Schooling and Conflict: Ethnic Education and Mother Tongue-based Teaching in Myanmar
- Burmese translation: Schooling and Conflict: Ethnic Education and Mother Tongue-based Teaching in Myanmar (Burmese)
- Executive Summary, Kachin translation (Jingphaw)
- Executive Summary, Mon translation
- Executive Summary, Karen translation (Sgaw)
A shorter version of this report is available as an Asia Foundation Policy Dialogue Brief (English and Burmese versions):
http://asiafoundation.org/publication/policy-dialogue-brief-series-no-15-schooling-conflict/
http://asiafoundation.org/publication/policy-dialogue-brief-series-no-15-schooling-conflict-burmese/
-
March 2015 - Forced Migration and the Myanmar Peace Process [with Kim Jolliffe] - UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service (New Issues in Refugee Research, Paper No. 274) - PDF
- April 2014 - Lessons Learned from MPSI's Work Supporting the Peace Process in Myanmar, March 2012 to March 2014 - Myanmar Peace Support Initiative - PDF & Burmese translation
- March 2013 – Mapping of Myanmar Peacebuilding Civil Society [with Charles Petrie] - paper prepared for the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, as background for the meeting entitled ‘Supporting Myanmar’s Evolving Peace Processes: What Roles for Civil Society and the EU? (Brussels on 7-3-2013) - PDF
- March 2012 – Myanmar/Burma: Local agencies and Global donors (Local to Global Protection initiative: www.local2global.info) - PDF
- December 2012 – Prospects for Peace in Myanmar: opportunities and threats (Peace Research Institute Oslo Working Paper) - PDF; Burmese language version - PDF
- February 2012 – Local to Global Protection in Myanmar (Burma), Sudan, South Sudan and Zimbabwe [co-authored] (Overseas Development Institute Network Paper No.72) - PDF
- October 2011 – Myanmar – Surviving the Storm: self-protection and survival in the Delta [co-authored] (Local to Global Protection initiative: www.local2global.info) – PDF
- March 2011 – Burma’s Longest War: anatomy of the Karen conflict (Transnational Institute/Burma Centre Netherlands) – PDF
- September 2010 – Conflict and Survival: self-protection in south-east Burma [co-authored] (Chatham House/ Royal Institute of International Affairs, Asia Programme Paper ASP PP 2010/04; Local to Global Protection initiative) – PDF
- December 2007 – Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights in Burma (Center on Housing Rights and Evictions) – PDF
- September 2002 – Internally Displaced People and Relocation Sites in Eastern Burma (Burmese Border Consortium, Bangkok) - the first TBC report on IDPs in Myanmar
Shorter articles
-
October 2024 - Don’t fall for the fake election in Myanmar, by Mi Kun Chan Non and Ashley South (East Asia Forum, 11-10-2024): https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/10/11/dont-fall-for-the-fake-election-in-myanmar/
May 2024 - A new Myanmar is emerging from conflict and climate change (Nikkei Asia, 20-5-2024):
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/A-new-Myanmar-is-emerging-from-conflict-and-climate-change
Burmese language translation
-
September 2023 - 'Towards a new federal Burma: Conflict, complexity and climate change (Mizzima 3-9-23): https://www.mizzima.com/article/towards-new-federal-burma-conflict-complexity-and-climate-change
- April 2023 - ‘Myanmar, Beyond Balkanization’ (The Irrawaddy, 6-4-23):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/myanmar-beyond-balkanization.html
- August 2022 - A Critical Juncture in Myanmar – Opportunities for Reconciliation? (Peace News, 24-8-2022):
https://peacenews.com/critical-juncture-in-myanmar-reconciliation/
- July 2022 - Thailand Could Revise its Myanmar Policy (The Irrawaddy, 11-7-2022): https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/comment/thailand-could-revisit-its-myanmar-policy.html
- April 2022 - Ethnic Minorities Eye Autonomy in Post-Junta Myanmar (The Irrawaddy, 29-4-2022):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/ethnic-minorities-eye-autonomy-in-post-junta-myanmar.htm
Burmese language translation - PDF
- February 2022 - Education and Federalism in Myanmar (The Irrawaddy 11-2-2022):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/education-and-federalism-in-myanmar.html
- February 2022 - Crisis, climate and emerging roles for armed ethnic groups (Myanmar Frontier 3-2-2022): https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/crisis-climate-and-emerging-roles-for-armed-ethnic-groups/
- May 2021 - Ethnic political actors, the February coup, and the “Spring Revolution” (Rehmonnya Institute for Civic Engagement 5-5-2021):
https://www.facebook.com/102964401580933/photos/a.113847440492629/241469341063771/
- March 2021 - Responsibilities and Opportunities to Save Myanmar ('The Irrawaddy' 10-3-21):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/responsibilities-opportunities-save-myanmar.html
- February 2021 - Re-imagining Myanmar - The Mother of All “Critical Junctures” ('The Irrawaddy' 24-2-21):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/re-imagining-myanmar-mother-critical-junctures.html
- January 2021 - Peace is broken in the Karen hills. How will donors respond?, by Charles Petrie and Ashley ('Frontier Myanmar' 18-1-2021):
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/peace-is-broken-in-the-karen-hills-how-will-donors-respond/
- November 2020 - The Hongsa flies: Why the Mon Unity Party won where other ethnic parties failed -
by Mi Kun Chan Non, Mi Sar Yar Poine & Ashley South ('Frontier Myanmar' 13-11-2020)
- April 2020 - The dream of a Kayan homeland ('Frontier Myanmar' 19-4-2020)
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-dream-of-a-kayan-homeland
Burmese language version: https://frontiermyanmar.net/mm/news/17253
-
March 2020 - End of Aid; Beginning of Resilience? ('The Irrawaddy' 26-3-2020)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/end-aid-beginning-resilience.html
-
March 2020 - Language and the classroom in Chin State ('Frontier Myanmar' 7-3-2020), by Nicola Edwards and Ashley South
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/language-and-the-schoolroom-in-chin-state
-
January 2020 - In Chin State, cultural memory fades ('Frontier Myanmar' 1-2-2020), by Nicola Edwards and Ashley South
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/in-chin-state-cultural-memory-fade
-
January 2020 - Ethnic Voters Face Disenfranchisement in Myanmar's 2020 Election ('The Irrawaddy' 29-1-2020)
Burmese translation here - January 2020 - Faith and folklore in the Chin hills ('Frontier Myanmar' 7-1-2020), by Nicola Edwards, Cin Khan Lian and Ashley South
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/faith-and-folklore-in-the-chin-hills
- July 2019 - Climate change and deep adaptation in Myanmar ('Frontier Myanmar' 12-7-2019)
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/climate-change-and-deep-adaptation-in-myanmar
Burmese translation: https://frontiermyanmar.net/mm/news/15195 -
June 2019 - A hill station, a princess and a peace dividend ('Frontier Myanmar' 2-6-2019)
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-hill-station-a-princess-and-a-peace-dividend
-
April 2019 - Myanmar's stalled peace process ('The Asia Dialogue' 3-4-2019):
http://theasiadialogue.com/2019/04/03/myanmars-stalled-peace-process/
-
March 2019 - China, India and Myitsone: the power game to come (with Yaw Bawm, 'Frontier Myanmar' 1-3-2019):
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/china-india-and-myitsone-the-power-game-to-come
-
February 2019 - Interim Arrangements in Conflict Zones Key to Peace in Myanmar ('The Irrawaddy' 4-2-2019):
Burmese language translation - PDF
-
January 2019 - The Politics of Legitimacy in the Myanmar Peace Process:
London School of Economics blog-post, adapted from my article published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, November 2017: ‘“Hybrid Governance” and the politics of legitimacy in the Myanmar Peace Process’.
- November 2018 - Populist threats to the peace process ('Frontier' 23-11-18): https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/populist-threats-to-the-peace-process?fbclid=IwAR1kMYSmfaVNY6jlQJr4EjZLynPKlXIfFJbl_efdOZKd62Dp3IYCutPXJ9I
Burmese translation: https://frontiermyanmar.net/mm/news/12518#.XAM8ctLqb84.facebook
-
September 2018 - Ways ahead in the peace process? ('The Irrawaddy' 3-9-2018):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/ways-ahead-peace-process.html -
August 2017 - The Mindanao Peace Process and Roles of Civil Society ('Sustainable Security' 23-8-2017):
https://sustainablesecurity.org/2017/08/22/the-mindanao-peace-process-and-roles-of-civil-society/
- May 2017 - Divergent strategies behind Myanmar's peace process ('Nikkei Asian Review' 22-5-2017):
http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Ashley-South/Divergent-strategies-behind-Myanmar-s-peace-process
-
May 2017 - Karen communities along the Sittaung River (‘Tea Circles' 5-5-2017; reprinted in 'The Irrawaddy' 10-5-2017):
https://teacircleoxford.com/2017/05/05/karen-communities-along-the-sittaung-river/
-
February 2017 - Peace and Trust in the Karen Hills (‘The Irrawaddy’ 14-2-2017):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/peace-and-trust-in-the-karen-hills.html
& in Burmese
-
January 2017 - Christmas and Karen New Year on the Tanintharyi River (‘The Irrawaddy’ 11-1-2017):
& in Burmese
-
August 2016 - Peace in Myanmar demands more than political dialogue ('Nikkei Asian Review' 22-8-2016):
-
April 2016 - The Tyranny of Elections and Dynamics of Peace ('Nikkei Asian Review' 8-4-2016):
- March 2016 - Hope and Uncertainty in Myanmar ('Nikkei Asian Review' 19-3-2016):
http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Ashley-South-Hope-and-uncertainty-in-Myanmar
- November 2015 - Ethnic aspect of the elections, 'Democratic Voice of Burma' (16-10-15) – PDF
- October 2015 – The Peace Process and Ethnic Education in Myanmar [with Marie Lall], 'Democratic Voice of Burma' 18-10-15 – PDF
- April 2015 - Participation, mobilisation: the Karen peace dividend, 'The Myanmar Times' - PDF & Burmese translation
- October 2014 - Norwegian support for hydropower: peacebuilding through best practice, 'Democratic Voice of Burma' - PDF
- June 2014 - Armed Groups and Political Legitimacy, 'The Myanmar Times' - PDF & Burmese translation
- January 2014 – Inside the Peace Process, 'The Myanmar Times' - PDF
- September 2012 – From Ceasefires to Lasting Peace?, 'The Myanmar Times' - PDF
- September 2012 – China as a New Aid Actor, 'The Global Times' 11-9-2012 - PDF [this is the original article, the published version being somewhat shorter]
- March 2012 – Resolving Ethnic Conflicts in Burma - Ceasefires to Sustainable Peace, ‘The Irrawaddy’ - PDF
- June 2011 – Burma’s New Challenge, ‘Pacific Forum CSIS’ (PacNet#32) – PDF
- December 2010 – Post-Election Politics in Burma - Glimmers of Hope?, ‘The Irrawaddy’ – PDF
- November 2010 – Voting, But Not As We Know It, ‘The World Today’ (Chatham House) – PDF
- July 2010 – Making the Best of a Bad Election, ‘The Irrawaddy’ – PDF
- May 2010 – Burma's Electoral Dilemmas, 'The World Today' (Chatham House) - PDF
- March 2010 – Self-protection and Survival in Southeast Burma, ‘Humanitarian Exchange’ – PDF
- November 2008 – Economics Crisis and Human Rights, ‘The World Today’ (Chatham House) – PDF
- August 2008 – Electoral Dilemmas, Independent Mon News Agency commentary (4-8-2008) – PDF
- July 2008 – Burma after the Cyclone: Making a Disaster Out Of the Cyclone, ‘The World Today’ (Chatham House) – PDF
- April 2008 – Humanitarian Aid to IDPs in Burma: activities and debates, ‘Forced Migration Review’ (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University) – PDF
- March 2008 – Prospects for Burma’s New Constitution, Independent Mon News Agency commentary (17-3-2008) – PDF
- February 2008 – Mahn Sha La Phan: Resistance leader of Burma’s Karen people, ‘The Guardian’ obituary (18-2-2008) – PDF
- December 2007 – Crisis on the Burma Border, ‘The Nation’ (20-12-2007) – PDF
- October 2007 – Mon Nationalist Movements: insurgency, ceasefires and political struggle – paper presented at ‘Seminar on Discovery of Ramanndesa’, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, (11-10-2007), published by Mon Unity League (Bangkok, January 2008) – PDF
- August 2007 – What lies ahead for Burma’s cease-fires, ‘The Nation’ (8-1-2007) – PDF
- October 2006 – The Quest for Karen Unity, ‘The Irrawaddy’ – PDF
- October 2006 – Border-based Insurgency: Time for a Reality Check, ‘The Irrawaddy’ online – PDF
- September 2004 – Beyond the National Convention, ‘The Irrawaddy’ – PDF
- November 2001 – Burma’s Ex-Insurgents: The Mon Ceasefire and Political Transition, ‘Burma Debate’ (Vol. VIII, Fall 2001) – PDF - my first Burma publication!
Subscribe [free] to Scratching the Surface, the South and Merryfellow Substack blog:
https://frogmortpress.substack.com