Tagged with Burma (Myanmar)

There was a time when to criticise Aung San Suu Kyiwas to court a firestorm of angry responses from her worldwide legion of supporters, who ranged from radical Burmese activists to conservative Western officials. She was considered by many to be without fault and without peer. That situation has now changed, as the Burmese opposition […]

“The key issue now is not what has happened in the past, but how Naypyidaw will respond to sectarian violence in the future. Even if the Government is determined to tackle social tensions in a more sensitive manner – and last year’s abuses in Rakhine State showed how difficult that can be – it will […]

Dr Andrew Selth writes about the importance of looking at all aspects of Burma’s political and democratic system. You can read his whole article from The Lowy Institute here: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/03/14/Burmas-fractious-polity-The-price-of-democracy.aspx

Dr Andrew Selth write about the Awards given to Burma’s President Thein Sein in his article with The Interprester: Last Friday, Foreign Policy magazine named Burma’s President Thein Sein (pictured) and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the two top global thinkers for 2012. On the same day, Thein Sein was named Asian of […]

Last week, television viewers in Burma were treated to a remarkable sight: the police force formally apologising for using excessive force to break up a protest at a mine site, and injuring more than 20 Buddhist monks. This unusual event was in response to widespread public criticism of the violence, which will also be the […]

Over the past decade, the plight of the Rohingyas has attracted increase attention, mainly from Muslim countries and multilateral organisations such as the UNHCR. Yet, the issue is still little known and poorly understood. Accurate and objective analyses tend to be drowned out by passionate interventions from activists and others, amplified by the internet. Dr […]