With Jared Bissinger, a visiting fellow at the Myanmar Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and research lead at Catalyst Economics. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, eyes are still on northern Shan State as the military pressures the TNLA after retaking Lashio, and we discuss how armed groups in Myanmar run their economies.

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Timecodes—

01m09s :: Northern Shan State news
06m40s :: With Jared Bissinger, non-state actors’ economic governance
42m11s :: Close 

Our guest—

Jared Bissinger, a visiting fellow at the Myanmar Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and research lead at Catalyst Economics.

His ISEAS and Singapore work:

Economic Governance of Non-State Authorities in Myanmar: Potentials and Pitfalls
Challenges and Priorities for Myanmar’s Conflicted Economy
Myanmar’s Earthquake Threatens a Lasting Economic Scar
The State Administration Council and the Restyling of Myanmar’s Economy
Myanmar’s Resistance and the Future of Border Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

‘They don’t represent us’: Rohingya armed groups wreak havoc in Rakhine
Q&A: Explaining Myanmar’s private security law