Daw Lwin Cho Latt

Daw Lwin Cho Latt is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Yangon. Since 2019, she has been pursuing her PhD dissertation at the Graduate School of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. She holds double master’s degrees in International Relations from the University of Yangon and International University of Japan. Her research focuses on Myanmar’s cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) framework, with Peace and Security as her principal field of study. Since September 2026, she has overseen the University of Yangon’s Area Studies Centre.

Publications

    1. Lwin Cho Latt. 2025. ‘The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and the National League for Democracy Government.’ Hirono, M. (ed.), Globalising Chinese Actors and Internalising the Belt and Road: Implications for Global and Domestic Governance. Canberra: ANU Press, 141-162. http://doi.org/10.22459/GCAIBR.2025.08
    2. Lwin Cho Latt & Thidar Kyaw. 2025. A Sino-Indian Game of ‘Go’ in the Indo-Pacific: A Myanmar Perspective, Journal of The Asia Research Centre-University of Yangon, 11 (1&2), The Asia Research Centre-University of Yangon, 243-260.
    3. Lwin Cho Latt. 2021. ‘Myanmar: China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and the National League for Democracy Government’s Perspectives.’ Hirono, M. (ed.), What has Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) brought to us: The China problem and the investment dilemma? Tokyo: Keiso Shobo, 237-258. [Japanese Version]
    4. Lwin Cho Latt. (2020). The National League for Democracy Government’s Outlook on the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor: A Harbinger of Internal Peace and National Development, Ritsumeikan Journal of International Relations and Area Studies, Vol. 52, Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, 113-134.
    5. Lwin Cho Latt. 2022. China’s Involvement in Myanmar’s Peace Negotiations: An Analysis with Special Emphasis on the Non-Interference Principle, Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University, 4, Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University, 85-107. https://doi.org/10.34389/asiajapan.4.0_85
    6. Lwin Cho Latt. 2020. The National League for Democracy Government’s Outlook on the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor: A Harbinger of Internal Peace and National Development, Ritsumeikan Journal of International Relations and Area Studies, 52, Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, 113-134.
    7. Lwin Cho Latt & Marlar Aung. 2019. Negotiations on Federalism in Myanmar’s Peace Process since 2011. Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS), 17 (7), Yangon: Universities’ Press, 265-281.
    8. Lwin Cho Latt. 2019. The Importance of Legitimacy in Myanmar’s Peacemaking Efforts. Universities Research Journal 2018, 11 (3), Yangon: Universities’ Press, 357-372.
    9. Lwin Cho Latt, Hillman, B., Marlar Aung, & Khin Sanda Myint. 2018. ‘From Ceasefire to Dialogue: The Problem of “All-Inclusiveness” in Myanmar’s Stalled Peace Process.’ Chambers, McCarthy, Farrelly & Chit Win (eds.), Myanmar Transformed? People, Places, Politics, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 231-250.
    10. Lwin Cho Latt. 2017. Myanmar’s Attitude to the Candidacy of India in the United Nations Security Council, Universities Research Journal 2016, 9 (4), Yangon: Universities’ Press, 315-330.
    11. Email
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      lwincholatt@gmail.com and lwincho.latt@uy.edu.mm
      Google Scholar Profile
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      https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9UzDfHEAAAAJ&hl=en