Posted on March 20, 2016. Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Corruption, Democracy, democratization, Election, Myanmar, presidential elections, South-East Asia, World
Image by United Nations Photo Urging caution in light of Myanmar’s new president. His selection leaves many questions unanswered. Following on from Monday’s vote in parliament, Htin Kyaw has become president of Myanmar. Does he represent a new dawn for a nation which has languished in the shadows of poverty and authoritarianism? He is a […]
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Posted in Asia, World
Posted on August 10, 2016. Tags: China, development, Energy, Myanmar, World
Here in Britain, the ongoing sagas of the EU referendum result and the planned Hinkley Point nuclear development have cast some light on a typically opaque area of public policy; the negotiation of international economic cooperation and investment. Over five thousand miles away, Myanmar is grappling with similar issues. How does a country balance the […]
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Posted in Asia, Economics
Posted on November 6, 2015. Tags: Burma, Human Rights, Myanmar, Rohingya
Millions of Myanmar’s citizens will go to the polls on 8 November to cast their votes in the first relatively democratic elections in 25 years. At stake is control of the country’s bicameral legislature – the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, which is currently dominated by President Thein Sein’s ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). As stipulated […]
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Posted in Asia, Humanitarian Intervention, Islam, Refugees, Religion, UN, World