The initiatives for closer ties between the West and Burma’s police and armed forces, summarised in a previous post, have aroused the ire of the activist community, which has been quick to remind everyone that the armed forces still dominate politics in Burma, according to Dr Andrew Selth in a blog posted on the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter. The full article can be found here.
Risk and reward with Burma’s security sector
29 July 2013
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