Outputs (8)

"Ploughing the land five times": Opium and agrarian change in the ceasefire landscapes of south-western Shan State, Myanmar (2021)
Journal Article
Meehan, P. (2022). "Ploughing the land five times": Opium and agrarian change in the ceasefire landscapes of south-western Shan State, Myanmar. Journal of Agrarian Change, 22(2), 254-277. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12446

This paper explores the relationship between the illicit opium economy and processes of agrarian change in south-western Shan State, Myanmar. This is a region where opium production has risen significantly since the 1990s despite the declining territ... Read More about "Ploughing the land five times": Opium and agrarian change in the ceasefire landscapes of south-western Shan State, Myanmar.

Five considerations for international actors trying to engage with drugs policy in Myanmar (2021)
Digital Artefact
Thomson, N., & Meehan, P. Five considerations for international actors trying to engage with drugs policy in Myanmar

Understanding the drugs policy landscape in Myanmar: How drugs policies and programmes intersect with conflict, peace, health and development (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Thomson, N., & Meehan, P. Understanding the drugs policy landscape in Myanmar: How drugs policies and programmes intersect with conflict, peace, health and development. London, UK

Drugs ‘trilemma’: how to halt the deadly trade while still ensuring development and peace (2021)
Digital Artefact
Goodhand, J., & Meehan, P. Drugs ‘trilemma’: how to halt the deadly trade while still ensuring development and peace

Development Zones in Conflict-Affected Borderlands: The Case of Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar (2021)
Book Chapter
Meehan, P., Aung Hla, S., & Kham Phu, S. (2021). Development Zones in Conflict-Affected Borderlands: The Case of Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar. In M. Chettri, & M. Eilenberg (Eds.), Development Zones in Asian Borderlands. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463726238_ch06

How are development zones “made” in conflict-affected borderlands? Addressing this question, this chapter explores the transformation of the Myanmar-China border town of Muse since 1988. Despite ongoing armed conflict in northern Myanmar, Muse has be... Read More about Development Zones in Conflict-Affected Borderlands: The Case of Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar.

The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar. Part one: Origins and reactions (2021)
Journal Article
Dan, S. L., Maran, J. H. P., Sadan, M., Meehan, P., & Goodhand, J. (2021). The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar. Part one: Origins and reactions. International Journal of Drug Policy, 89, Article 103181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103181

This commentary provides an introduction to the origins and emergence of Pat Jasan, a social movement that emerged amongst the Kachin population of northern Myanmar in response to a perceived crisis of illicit drug production and consumption. Althoug... Read More about The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar. Part one: Origins and reactions.

Myanmar: Why peace remains elusive (2021)
Digital Artefact
Meehan, P. (2021). Myanmar: Why peace remains elusive. [MP3]

After decades of military rule, Myanmar’s 2010 General Election appeared to be a watershed moment and inspired hopes that Myanmar was embarking upon what the World Bank dubbed as a ‘triple transition’: from authoritarian military rule to democratic g... Read More about Myanmar: Why peace remains elusive.

Critical policy frontiers: The drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma (2021)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J., Meehan, P., Bhatia, J., Ghiabi, M., & Gutierrez Sanin, F. (2021). Critical policy frontiers: The drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma. International Journal of Drug Policy, 89, Article 103115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103115

Recent years have seen the emergence of a policy consensus around the need for fundamental reforms of global drug policies. This is reflected in the call for ‘development-oriented drug policies’ that align and integrate drug policies with development... Read More about Critical policy frontiers: The drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma.