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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| As international businesses and donors clamor to move inside Burma it is easy to forget the crucial role the exiled media still has to play in championing reform. |
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012 |
| Drafting of new media law promises much in a changing political landscape, but rise of cronyism and lack of proper training offers new challenges to press freedom. |
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| Five days is a short time to spend in one's country after nearly a quarter of a century in exile, but it is enough to get some sense of what is happening during this period of change in Burma. |
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Monday, January 16, 2012 |
| The release of Burma’s most prominent political prisoners has significantly increased the chances of the country moving towards reconciliation and democracy, as well as broadened the means of doing so. |
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Friday, January 6, 2012 |
| Behind the doors of the all-powerful NDSC, internal rifts threaten to destabilize the president's plans of reform. |
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| Thailand and Burma have long been regional rivals with a history of tensions, but the current political and economic environment in both countries portends a mutually beneficial warming of relations. |
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| Two leaders with strong but very different ties to Burma died this week, and it would serve the current Burmese leaders well to take note of how they are being spoken of today. |
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
| Nobody knows exactly how much influence former junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe is exerting over the new Burmese government, but to assume the answer is “none” is a dangerous proposition. |
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
| If the Burmese leaders make a sincere move towards a genuine democracy then China should be worried, because it will no longer be offering what the ex-generals need. |
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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| Burma’s ethnic minorities have lived with the band-aid of a ceasefire and the promise of a political solution for decades. It’s time for the wounds to be healed and the promise realized. |
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Burma next month, she bring calls for further reform, not just promises of warmer ties with Washington.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| The Obama administration’s policy of simultaneous engagement and sanctions has been the most effective US policy towards Burma during the two decades the West has supported the Burmese pro-democracy movement. |
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 |
| With the Burmese government actively courting both Aung San Suu Kyi and the international community, the pro-democracy leader should be given everyone’s full support in order to negotiate the best possible deal on behalf of all the Burmese people. |
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Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| While Thein Sein and his fellow “reformists” have convinced many outside Burma that real change is underway, they have not yet convinced the Burmese people living inside the country—perhaps it’s because the government has its priorities backwards. |
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Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| Make no mistake—no one is fooled by this government's token gesture. Burma’s true friends, who have been watching the regime's myriad deceptions over the years, will remain unconvinced. |
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 |
| With the decision to suspend the Myitsone Dam project, the new Burmese government may be signaling that it is willing to step out from behind the cloak of China and forge new ties with the West. |
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Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| The public outcry over the controversial Mytisone Dam project is growing by the day, with the “Save the Irrawaddy” campaign threatening to transform into a larger people’s movement that goes beyond protesting against the dam. |
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Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi's invitation to Naypyidaw coincides with softer rhetoric and a reconciliatory tone from the government. Could this really be …. a step toward democracy? |
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Monday, August 15, 2011 |
| Two meetings between Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese government does not mean that national reconciliation is close at hand, but it could at least be a start. |
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Monday, August 1, 2011 |
| The Association of Southeast Asian Nations must insist on real change in Burma before allowing the country to assume the grouping's chairmanship. |
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