Tagged with Dr Andrew Selth

To long time Burma watchers, and countless others, it was an astonishing sight, enthusiastically conveyed by the international news media: two of the world’s most iconographic (not to mention photogenic) figures, both winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, embracing in Rangoon. It was the ultimate hero shot. Read the rest of the article by Dr […]

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 […]

US sanctions may achieve the opposite to what is intended by weakening the ability of the Burmese president and his supporters to carry out the anticipated reforms. The Obama Administration has declared that the renewal of US economic sanctions against Burma represents ‘insurance’ against the Thein Sein government backsliding on its reform program. Congressional supporters […]