This week’s New Pubs features Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi’s book on women fighting dictatorship in Burma; Chiu on speculative urban governance in war-torn Myanmar; and Li and Su on China-sponsored infrastructure construction in Myanmar (and Laos).

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Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi. Invisible Yet Invincible: Narratives of Women Fighting Dictatorship in Burma/Myanmar. Thanakha Tekkatho Gender Studies Publication Series, RCSD, 2025.

Chiu, Francesca. “‘Don’t cause trouble’: speculative governance, ward administration and fragmented sovereignty in urban Myanmar.” Third World Quarterly, 2025.

Li, Cansong, and Xiaobo Su. “Regional development and the politics of China-sponsored infrastructure construction in Laos and Myanmar.” Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space (2025).