Politics: Martin Smith, S2, Ep1 - Colonial Rule: 'Order Without Meaning'

Politics: Martin Smith, S2, Ep1 - Colonial Rule: 'Order Without Meaning'

From Info for Ethnic Groups in Myanmar by IEGM

November 20, 2025 · 7 min · Season 4 · Episode 1

About this episode

Martin Smith discusses his extensive research and publications on the political and ethnic issues in Myanmar.

Martin Smith has researched and reported about Burma/Myanmar and ethnic nationality affairs since the early 1980s for a variety of media, non-governmental and academic organisations. His publications include Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity, Ethnic Groups in Burma: Development, Democracy and Human Rights, State of Strife: The Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict in Burma, and Arakan (Rakhine State): A Land in Conflict on Myanmar’s Western Frontier. He is a co-founder of the Prospect Bur...

People in this episode

Guest: Martin Smith

Topics covered

  • Colonial Rule
  • Ethnic Nationality Affairs
  • Insurgency
  • Politics of Ethnicity
  • Conflict in Myanmar

Keywords

  • Myanmar
  • Burma
  • ethnic conflict
  • colonial rule
  • politics
  • insurgency
  • ethnicity
  • Rakhine State

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prospect Bur

Books & works: Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity, Ethnic Groups in Burma: Development, Democracy and Human Rights, State of Strife: The Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict in Burma, Arakan (Rakhine State): A Land in Conflict on Myanmar’s Western Frontier

Places: Burma/Myanmar

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