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Burma
Correspondents
Does Aung San Suu Kyi believe what she’s saying?
Thomas Kean
22 September 2017
With the National League for Democracy and the military looking ahead to the next election, pressure from the West is having limited impact in Myanmar
Correspondents
Myanmar’s turbulent year of civilian rule
Thomas Kean
27 March 2017
By-elections later this week could intensify pressure on the governing National League for Democracy
Correspondents
The next steps on Myanmar’s road to democracy
Thomas Kean
15 November 2015
Myanmar’s election came down to a vote against authoritarianism, writes
Thomas Kean
in Yangon. This week the National League for Democracy,…
Correspondents
Myanmar and the Rohingya: the case for quiet diplomacy
Thomas Kean
8 June 2015
Without letting the government off the hook, we need to recognise the pressures that influence Myanmar’s policies in Rakhine State, writes
Thomas Kean
in Yangon
International
Location, location, location
Nicholas Farrelly
3 July 2014
Myanmar is in the thick of the Asian century, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
Correspondents
Myanmar’s religious malaise goes online
Gerard McCarthy
19 December 2013
Myanmar’s infant information culture is helping to spread high-risk Islamophobia, reports
Gerard McCarthy
Correspondents
Back to work in Myanmar
Thomas Kean
21 November 2012
Thomas Kean
gauges local reaction to Barack Obama’s historic visit
International
Burma’s next big challenge
Nicholas Farrelly
2 November 2012
As the recent violence in the west of Burma shows, the government has yet to deal effectively with remaining ethnic conflicts, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
. The benefits of a…
Correspondents
Summit manoeuvres at ASEAN
Norman Abjorensen
8 April 2012
The big powers were on the minds of ASEAN leaders meeting in the Cambodian capital, writes
Norman Abjorensen
in Phnom Penh
Correspondents
Burma’s parliament emerges from the shadows
Our correspondent in Rangoon
26 March 2012
While international attention has focused on the main personalities negotiating historic changes in Burma, the national legislature has begun flexing its muscles, writes
our
…
International
Burma and the road to normality
Nicholas Farrelly
8 March 2012
Recently returned from Burma,
Nicholas Farrelly
looks at a series of remarkable changes, and the journey ahead
Books & arts
Among Asia’s giants
Nicholas Farrelly
21 December 2011
With the right leadership Burma could undoubtedly use its position between China and India to its advantage, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
Correspondents
“We cannot achieve what we want with hatred. We need a situation where everybody wins, including the military”
Our correspondent in Rangoon
1 November 2011
A year after Burma’s first general election in two decades, our correspondent in Rangoon finds encouraging signs of political and social change
Correspondents
Burma’s quiet reformers
Our correspondent in Rangoon
13 June 2011
An independent and increasingly vibrant civil society movement is developing in Burma, writes our correspondent in Rangoon
Correspondents
The last foreign publisher in Burma?
Our correspondent in Rangoon
18 February 2011
Ross Dunkley headed a high-profile foreign-owned business caught up in a web of tensions, writes our correspondent in Rangoon
International
Beyond Burma’s stalemates
Nicholas Farrelly
31 December 2010
New parliaments and a new year –
Nicholas Farrelly
looks at the challenges for Burma and its democracy movement as the military attempts to remake the country’s image
International
Rethinking the Burmese sanctions
Nicholas Farrelly
12 October 2009
Despite calls for tougher sanctions on Burma’s military regime, it’s time for a more creative approach, argues
Nicholas Farrelly
International
Burma’s general objectives
Nicholas Farrelly
10 July 2009
We forget to ask the obvious question, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
: how have the generals managed to stay in control for so long?