Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, Cornell University Kyaw Hsan Hlaing is a PhD student in the department of government at Cornell University and a 2024 recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. He studies comparative politics with a focus on regime change,…

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The first comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world. Global Challenges to Democracy eds. Valerie J. Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, & Kenneth M. Roberts Out Now #Politics #BookSky cup.org/3F5YRV7

🧵1/ How can armed resistance enable—not undermine—democracy, peacebuilding, and the revitalisation of Indigenous socio-ecological relations? In the Annals of the AAG, I write about post/decolonial approaches to territory & the #SalweenPeacePark doi.org/10.1080/2469... @geographers.bsky.social

To get there, international partners should “tie any dialogue to verifiable steps” including “genuine humanitarian corridors, release of political prisoners, and binding guarantees of inclusive talks,” said Kyaw Hsan Hlaing at Cornell. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/a...

"Rather than weakening the junta, the earthquake could help consolidate its power. In part, this is because declining U.S. engagement has removed critical pressure points." Great essay by @kyawhsan.bsky.social #Myanmar #myanmarearthquake foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...

Myanmar’s earthquake creates a dark opportunity for the military junta to leverage humanitarian aid for legitimacy amid an ongoing civil war.

Amid the dark news coming out of Myanmar, please spare a moment for this uplifting piece by @hpanjabrang.bsky.social & me about a young woman of Nepali descent serving as a medic in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution against the military junta. Illustrations by JC (thread) www.thedial.world/articles/new...

"Myanmar needs more than charity: It needs solidarity and sustained pressure for the freedom that its people have died for." Strong and well-researched argument from @kyawhsan.bsky.social on the politicization of Myanmar's earthquake respose foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...

Here is my piece for @foreignpolicy.com on Myanmar’s earthquake and its political aftershocks “Myanmar needs more than charity: It needs solidarity and sustained pressure for the freedom that its people have died for.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...