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, political violence, authoritarianism, and rebel politics. Before enrolling at Cornell, he resumed his undergraduate studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in January 2023—following a seven-year hiatus from his studies at Yangon University of Distance Education at Sittwe University—and received his BA in Asian studies in July 2024 with high academic distinction.

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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Global Challenges to Democracy Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - Global Challenges to Democracy

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

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🧵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
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Myanmar’s earthquake devastated the war-torn nation. For its reviled military leaders, it has brought opportunity | CNN Earthquakes are devastating for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, but for military dictators clinging to power, such disasters can also bring opportunity.

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...

Myanmar’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines The junta has exploited past crises to reinforce its power—and it can do it again.

"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 Exposes Political Fault Lines The junta has exploited past crises to reinforce its power—and it can do it again.

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

Scrolling to Revolution — The Dial The youth joining Myanmar’s anti-junta uprising.

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’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines The junta has exploited past crises to reinforce its power—and it can do it again.

"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...

Myanmar’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines The junta has exploited past crises to reinforce its power—and it can do it again.

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...