Southeast Asia’s Social Bargain is Under Strain, By Wai Yan Phyo Naing, September 13, 2026, KWENTUHAN at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs. 

Myanmar and Russia: Trust-Based Diplomacy or Transactional Partnership?, By Wai Yan Phyo Naing, September 8, 2026, KWENTUHAN at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs. 

Myanmar and Russia: A Transactional Partnership Shaped by Isolation, Arms, and Survival, August 20, 2026, Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar.

Myanmar, Thailand, and the Politics of Legitimacy, By Wai Yan Phyo Naing, August 15, 2026, KWENTUHAN at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs.

Symbolic Alignment: Why the Myanmar Junta Is Expanding Its Engagement with Russia, By Wai Yan Phyo Naing, December 17, 2025, Commentary, Asia & Indo-Pacific, The Stimson Centre.

မြန်မာပြည်ပြန်ကြမှာလား – ရွှေ့ပြောင်းမြန်မာတွေဖြစ်လာဖို့ ဆွဲငင်အားနှင့် တွန်းထုတ်အား (Will they return to Burma? - The pull and push forces that make Myanmar migrants), By Wai Yan Phyo Naing, October 28, 2025, Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar. 

Myanmar’s Military Leader’s Costly Diplomacy, September 30, 2025, Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar.

Northern Myanmar Poses a Challenge to China’s Critical Minerals Strategy, By Wai Yan Phyo Naing and Lin Sae-phoo, May 09, 2025, The Diplomat.