August 11, 2017
Songs represent a unique and effective means of learning language–there is repetition of words and grammar, the language is conversational, they include idiomatic expressions, and they are easier to remember
July 27, 2017
Alumnus Hunter Marston (M.A. Southeast Asia Studies and MPA Public Affairs, 2013) argues in “It’s time for the U.S. to pressure Burma on human rights — once again” that Burma’s
July 25, 2017
“While Aung San Suu Kyi remains, for many, a powerful symbol of the struggle for democracy, the time has come for stronger international pressure to condemn her moral abstention regarding
July 21, 2017
“…being able to converse in ‘Taglish,’ the commonly spoken combination of Tagalog and English, has allowed people I’ve spoken with to represent their experience accurately, without being white-washed.” Hannah Bassett,
May 2, 2017
Myanmar’s large and emerging market has great potential for US tech companies and its geo-strategic location is also central to US security strategies. However, the exponential growth and spread of the Internet has created an environment wrought with privacy and security risks and low user awareness.
May 2, 2017
April 11, 2017
In 2013, the Myanmar government extended two invitations to foreign ICT companies — Norwegian Telenor and Qatari Ooredoo — to develop the infrastructure and services for public mobile data. For
February 28, 2017
US and ASEAN are significant economic, political, and geo-strategic partners. However, cyber insecurity characterizes the region, stifling potential economic and political gains.
February 3, 2017
Christoph Giebel, associate professor of history and international studies, recently gave a talk on the Vietnamese Revolution as part of the History Department’s “Worlds Turned Upside Down: Five Revolutions that Shaped
December 2, 2016
Daniel Murphree, a UW M.A. student in Southeast Asian Studies, spent the summer of 2016 studying Burmese with the support of a Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from