The Myanmar Mirage: How the West got Burma wrong
Just few years ago, Myanmar (also called Burma) was widely seen as an international success story.
Reading Burma
On four new books that complicate the international image of Burma’s emergence from a half-century of military rule.
Aung San Suu Kyi faces dilemma over controversial dam project
Since its suspension five years ago, the $3.6 billion Myitsone hydropower project has come to symbolize the bad old days in Myanmar.
Great Expectations: Will Myanmar’s Election Bring Real Change?
On Nov. 8, an estimated 30 million people took part in Myanmar’s first free national election in a quarter-century.
Myanmar’s Elections: What Now?
With the NLD on the brink of a landslide victory in Myanmar’s elections, attention is turning to what comes next.
The Future Starts Here
Next month the people of Myanmar head to the polls for a famous general election. With ethnic allegiances, miniature coups and a skewed constitution already in play, the outcome looks anything but predictable
Myanmar’s hard-line monk looms as key political player
Myanmar’s most notorious monk is clearly enjoying the attention. In the hall where Ashin Wirathu presides, an entire wall is given over to newspaper clippings and large photographs of himself in various poses.
The End of the Myanmar Fairytale?
With racial tensions soaring, doubts over the future of Aung San Suu Kyi and a challenging business environment, is the West’s love-in with the former pariah state finally over?
Myanmar’s Constitutional Uncertainty
A massive campaign for constitutional reform has ended, with uncertain results.
A Constitutional Conundrum
In recent years, Myanmar has shaken off its hermetic status and been embraced by the international community, but the country’s constitution remains a significant obstacle to moving beyond its militaristic past
How The Optimism About Burma is Subverted By Its Never-Ending Civil War
Continuing ethnic conflict in Kachin State is a stark reminder of the limits to President Thein Sein’s much-heralded reforms.
Myanmar by-elections a hard sell in Kachin conflict zone
In Kachin State, ‘reform’ remains a distant concept.
