With Tony Neil, PhD candidate in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science and visiting fellow at the Australian National University, and Saw Day Hsi, a Karen researcher in Kawthoolei. This week on What's Happening in Myanmar, floods affect the north and southwest, the Shangri La dialogue generates more politicospeak, and the Karen resistance makes big gains on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Timecodes—

01m19s :: Shangri La dialogue 02m50s :: Floods06m23s :: Karen resistance victories09m18s :: With Tony Neil & Saw Day Hsi, Karen resistance strategy39m17s :: Close

Our guests—

Saw Day Hsi, Karen researcher and Kawthoolei native, and

Tony Neil, PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University

See his bio at LSEHis thoughts on the Karen National Union's governance as bricolageHis latest publication with the Centre on Armed Groups

New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

Compensation overload: Insurance companies struggle after quake

And also referenced in this episode:

The latest episode of Doh AthanControl of Sittaung River basin in hands of resistance, Karen fighters