Analysis

September 18, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrival in the US on Monday is a watershed moment in Burmese history – coupled with the US announcement that it will move to...
June 6, 2012
In December 2011, President Thein Sein urged his government to rebuild the beaten-up former capital of Yangon (Rangoon), a city of an estimated...
May 24, 2012
It is promising news that President Thein Sein established a State-level peace implementation committee to pursue peace-building in the country. The...
May 12, 2012
When Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of “freedom from fear,” she is not only speaking to the people she is also speaking to the army that her father helped...
May 3, 2012
Landslide: There’s no other way to put it really when you look at the results. The National League for Democracy wiped the floor with the Union...
April 10, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy secured a landslide victory in Burma’s recent elections, and the opposition party will make its...
March 19, 2012
Sweden, one of three Scandinavian donors (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), is helping to fund media development in Burma and is also supporting the “...
March 16, 2012
As the word democracy spreads across Burma, it’s time to look at how ordinary Burmese understand democracy and what sort of expectations they have.
March 7, 2012
At this moment, four people are emerging as strong leaders in the Burmese reform process. Suu Kyi and Min Ko Naing are already well-known, tried and...
March 5, 2012
On January 13, 2012, the Burmese government did an unthinkable act by releasing a large group of political opponents from its malevolent, neo-...
February 15, 2012
It had the look of a classic right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.
January 20, 2012
The long-awaited Human Rights Declaration by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is expected to be finalized in the coming months, but human...
January 10, 2012
Kawhmu Township on the edge of Rangoon will have the historic honour of electing Aung San Suu Kyi a member of the Burmese Parliament on April 1. A...
January 10, 2012
After two pre-meetings between the Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’ and Naypyitaw representatives, first on 17 December 2011 in Tachilek and the second...
June 28, 2011
(Analysis) – Over the past year or so, long-time watchers of Burma’s economy have been confronted by an unexpected and unprecedented phenomenon––the...

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