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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
Aid agencies and legitimacy in the Rohingya camps: Why refugee and citizenship rights must be emphasised
More than one million Rohingya are living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. They lack ‘legitimacy’ in the sense that they are not recognised as citizens or as refugees.
To what extent can various political groups in Myanmar claim legitimacy to govern?
More than five years after the coup, the question is how fragmented legitimacy can be made into durable political authority.
China, scam economies and the Myanmar military’s struggle for survival
How does a regime survive when it faces sustained armed resistance amid severe economic deterioration?
How people in Myanmar resist authoritarianism through alternative constitution-making
Alternative constitution-making in Myanmar by non-state actors is a form of active resistance to illegitimate constitutions.
Do acts of international recognition confer legitimacy on Myanmar’s military regime?
Foreign government engagement with Myanmar’s military is recognition of a degree of control rather than acknowledgement of legitimacy.