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Kyaw Hsan Hlaing is a Ph.D. student in Government at Cornell University and a 2024 recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. He primarily studies comparative politics with minors in international relations and political methodology, focusing on regime changes, political violence, authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, rebel politics, and politics of China and Southeast Asia.
He is the author of dozens of articles on political transitions, ethnic politics, and issues related to armed rebellions and the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. His works have appeared in more than 20 international outlets, including TIME Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, The Globe and Mail and Al Jazeera.
He graduated with a B.A. summa cum laude in Asian Studies, with minors in Political Science and Philosophy, from The University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is also a regular contributing writer for The Diplomat Magazine.
Reach out at kh827@cornell.edu