Andrew Fagan – The Conversation

Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted out of the Insein township court in Yangon. EPA/Lynn Bo Bo

September 4, 2018

As Myanmar sends journalists to jail, pressure mounts on Aung San Suu Kyi

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

From press freedom to ethnic cleansing, Myanmar seems to be slipping backwards faster than ever.

Still marching … Gareth Fuller PA Wire/PA Images

January 23, 2017

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

You may not be free but buying lots of stuff can create the illusion that you are.

How does Boris Johnson make you feel? Dominic Lipinski / PA Wire

July 1, 2016

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

The act of being simultanaeously angry and ectastic at somebody.

A step in the right direction. EPA/Yoan Valat

May 16, 2016

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex and Alan Msosa, University of Essex

Religious leaders have done little to help combat institutionalised homophobia – and some have flat-out encouraged it.

EPA/Hein Htet

March 30, 2016

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

Aung San Suu Kyi will rule Burma through her proxy president. They need to unite the country’s many ethnic groups.

Reuters/Pascal Rossignol

January 1, 2016

Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London; Afif Pasuni, University of Warwick; Andrew Fagan, University of Essex; Bahar Baser, Coventry University; Catherine Gegout, University of Nottingham; Fernando Casal Bértoa, University of Nottingham; Juan Pablo Ferrero, University of Bath; Louise Thompson, University of Surrey; Marco Aponte-Moreno, UCL; Martin Vinæs Larsen, University of Copenhagen; Neil Pyper, Coventry University; Oliver Walton, University of Bath; Paul Kennedy, University of Bath; Simona Guerra, University of Leicester; Sotirios Zartaloudis, University of Birmingham; Steve Hewitt, University of Birmingham, and Yoav Galai, University of St Andrews

For better or for worse, various countries around the world charted a new course last year. What lies ahead for 2016?

Great expectations after a historic vote. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

November 9, 2015

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

With the opposition party on course to win a historic election, it’s time to get serious on some difficult questions.

The also-rans: opposition leader Ko Ko Gyi addresses a protest in Yangon. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

August 14, 2015

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

As the November elections loom, it’s not just Burma’s government that’s having trouble.

Burmese Buddhist monks protest against an influx of Rohingya migrants by boat. EPA/Nyunt Win

July 30, 2015

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex

With parliamentary elections looming, the ethnic hatred let loose by Burma’s transition to democracy are running out of control.