Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
The Karen National Union, a non-state governing actor in Myanmar, aspires to become a self-governing unit within a possible future federal democratic union.
Myanmar’s federal future will depend on sub-state legitimacy.
A functioning public healthcare system should be a core requirement for a legitimate claim to sovereignty.
Foreign companies in Myanmar face simultaneous and often contradictory pressures that mean there’s no ‘legitimate’ exit.
The Dungan language of ethnic Chinese Muslims in central Asia has undergone significant change and is surviving but vulnerable.
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