Tagged with Dr Andrew Selth

A year ago, a Lowy Institute panel was asked whether Aung San Suu Kyi would become president of Burma(Myanmar). The question was also raised on The Interpreter. The answer on both occasions was that such an outcome was far from certain. Powerful forces in Burma were working hard to prevent it. Few informed observers were optimistic about […]

A few months ago, several activist organisations expressed outrage at reports that the UN had invited Burma (Myanmar) to participate in peacekeeping operations (PKOs). The furore has since died down, but Naypyidaw’s critics are reasserting themselves in a number of ways and the question will doubtless arise again. With that in mind, it is helpful […]

Dr Andrew Selth, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Griffith Asia Institute, takes a critical look at the claims Burma (Myanmar) is producing chemical weapons in his new article for the Lowy Interpreter. Photo by REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun.

For the past six months, there have been intermittent reports in the news media and on specialist websites stating that Burma (Myanmar) is developing a submarine capability. If this is true, it has important implications not only for Burma and the region, but also for the wider international community. Dr Andrew Selth, Adjunct Associate Professor at […]

There has been no official announcement, but the Abbott Government seems to have decided to revert to Burma’s old name. In 2012, former Foreign Minister Bob Carr declared that Australia would join the overwhelming majority of countries, international organisations and regional institutions that publicly called Burma by its official name, the Union of Myanmar, which […]

Aung San Suu Kyi has recently made a diplomatic visit to Singapore.  Singapore was Myanmar’s most valuable international ally during the decades Yangon (Rangoon) spent under international sanctions.  Research by Dr Andrew Selth, Griffith Asia Institute is mentioned in the article.  You can read the full article here.

Burma promised the US President Obama last year that their military ties with North Korea would be severed. However evidence from Burma suggests that this is not the case. Dr Andrew Selth takes a closer look at this issue in his article for The Lowy Institutes The Interpreter: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/07/10/Burma-and-North-Korea-Again-Still.aspx