Matthew J. Walton is Aung San Suu Kyi Senior Research Fellow in Modern Burmese Studies at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He obtained his PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington. His main areas of research are Burmese Buddhist political thought and ethnic and religious identity and conflict in Burma/ Myanmar. His forthcoming book is entitled Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar (Cambridge University Press). He is also a co-founder and co-editor of Tea Circle, an Oxford-based blog of new perspectives on Myanmar.
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