Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s long colonial hangover October 30, 2019 1 Image Credit: Not everyday you get to stand so close to one of your heroes... by Landersz; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Written by Nicholas Farrelly.…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s stalled peace process April 3, 2019 0 Written by Ashley South. Recent international attention in Myanmar has been focused on the plight of the Rohingya population of Northern Rakhine State, 700,000 of…
Asia Why nativism rather than nationalism represents Southeast Asia’s democratic danger March 18, 2019 0 Written by Maya Tudor. A rising tide of nationalism is sweeping the globe. From Xi to Modi to Trump, the world’s most populous countries have…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s troubles persist – and China sees it as part of a great game January 12, 2018 1 Written by Tom Harper. As the Myanmar government’s violent policy towards its Rohingya Muslims drew increasing international condemnation in 2016, the country’s sometime icon of…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar: Democratic Progress or Authoritarian Rollback? October 3, 2017 0 Written by Andy Buschmann. While Myanmar has seen incredible sociopolitical change since 2011, climaxing with the landslide victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and her…
Uncategorized Southeast Asia’s Democratic Regression is Getting Worse October 3, 2017 1 Written by Joshua Kurlantzick. Over the past five years, as I have documented in a number of books, articles, and policy papers, Southeast Asia, once…
Burma/Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Rakhine State and Myanmar’s Dilemma October 2, 2017 0 Written by Nathaniel Gonzalez. On August 25, 2017, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked 30 security outposts in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, near the border…
Burma/Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi has no excuse for staying silent on the Rohingya crisis March 31, 2017 0 Written by Tom Smith. Aung San Suu Kyi, the famed and much fawned-over former opposition leader of Myanmar, cannot be immune to criticism. Undoubtedly a force…