Tagged with Myanmar

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 […]

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

Dr Andrew Selth discusses Aung San Suu Kyi’s quest to become President in Burma with The Interpreter.   You can watch and read the whole story here: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/05/16/Will-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-be-President-of-Burma.aspx

Dr Andrew Selth speaks to ABC Radio on May 9th about the death of a Buddhist Monk. Six Muslim men were charged with the death which then sparked riots.   You can hear the entire podcast here: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asia/radio/program/connect-asia/questions-over-legal-fairness-in-myanmar/1128414

“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