Myanmar’s personalised politics
Friday
12th March
2021
ANDREW SELTH | Anyone looking at photographs and film footage of events in Myanmar could be forgiven for…
Burma
The upward spiral of violence in Myanmar
Thursday
25th March
2021
ANDREW SELTH | The clashes in Myanmar’s streets between largely peaceful protesters and armed members of the security forces…
Myanmar and a new kind of civil war
Thursday
20th May
2021
ANDREW SELTH | In early 1989, I was passing through Bangkok when a friend from a Western embassy invited…
Myanmar’s military mindset
Thursday
30th September
2021
ANDREW SELTH | Between 1988, when a pro-democracy uprising in Myanmar was crushed by the country’s security forces, and…
Andrew Selth: The lady and authoritarianism in Myanmar
Thursday
31st March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in public perceptions of Myanmar…
The realities of power in Myanmar
Monday
16th November
2015
Over the past few months, articles and op-eds by experts and others on Myanmar’s general elections have covered almost every…
Burma’s Tatmadaw: A force to be reckoned with
Thursday
22nd October
2015
ANDREW SELTH | Shashank Joshi’s recent post on ‘India’s Incredible Shrinking Air Force’ prompts a closer look at Burma’s…
Lifting US sanctions: right or wrong?
Tuesday
27th September
2016
Lee Morgenbesser looks at the case for and against dropping economic restrictions on Myanmar. Two weeks ago the Obama administration…
John Howard delivers Inaugural Asia Lecture
Thursday
21st April
2016
Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University, Hon John Howard OM AC and Professor David Grant,…
The theatre of authoritarian elections: why Myanmar is going to the polls
Thursday
5th November
2015
On Sunday, Myanmar will conduct general elections for its regional and state assemblies, and the lower and upper houses of…