A Myanmar Miscellany
Thursday
12th September
2024
ANDREW SELTH | After 40 years of writing about Myanmar, I’m excited to share my latest anthology,…
Andrew Selth
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography, 2nd Edition
Thursday
26th November
2015
By Andrew Selth, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University PUBLISHED BY: Griffith University ISBN: 9781922216717 PUBLICATION DATE: 2015 Read…
Myanmar military nuclear ambitions: Fact or fiction?
Thursday
28th September
2023
ANDREW SELTH | A front page story in the Sydney Morning Herald in 2009 confidently predicted that within five…
The first casualty of war is the truth: Myanmar casualty statistics may be skewed
Wednesday
20th September
2023
ANDREW SELTH | Since the latest civil war began in Myanmar in 2021, elements of the opposition movement have been…
Memories of Burma’s art scene in the 1970s
Friday
18th August
2023
ANDREW SELTH | As one gets older, memories of past times and old friends tend to fade, but…
Are Western intelligence agencies “fuelling an armed rebellion” in Myanmar?
Friday
11th August
2023
ANDREW SELTH | For decades, Myanmar’s generals have been convinced that they are under attack from foreign intelligence…
More name games in Burma/Myanmar
Thursday
18th August
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Regular readers of The Interpreter will know that, over the past few years, this site has…
Myanmar bibliographies and booklists
Friday
25th November
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Long-time Myanmar watcher Andrew Selth takes a look at early lists, popular titles and recommended reading…
Order versus chaos in Myanmar
Thursday
7th January
2016
ANDREW SELTH | In his 1968 book “Political Order in Changing Societies”, American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington wrote…
Myanmar’s armed forces: obstacle or ally for reform?
Thursday
21st January
2016
ANDREW SELTH | It has long been the mantra of Myanmar’s leader-in-waiting Aung San Suu Kyi and her National…