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Mr. President: N. Korea is not Burma
President Obama’s visit to Burma only a year after the country began embarking on a dramatic but “tenuous” reform path [...]
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Burmese Reality Check
Aung San Suu Kyi drew criticism last week when she warned the World Economic Forum against “reckless optimism” concerning Burma’s [...]
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Burma: One Korea for Another
Burma has lately become a favourite destination for world leaders and policymakers, with the likes of Hillary Clinton, David Cameron [...]
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Can Burma’s Military Let Go?
It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic shift of tactics. Less than five years ago, the Burmese military, the Tatmadaw, [...]
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Burma’s Non-Nuclear Plans
Last year, senior Burmese officials dismissed the notion that the government in Naypyidaw is pursuing a nuclear program, peaceful or [...]
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Burma’s Kachin Challenge
In Kachin State, Burma’s reform bandwagon has hit the buffers. The government of President Thein Sein has made progress in [...]
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Will Clinton Visit Pyongyang?
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s historic visit to Burma, the first by a U.S. secretary of state in over [...]
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China’s Burma Fightback
If not quite Nixon in China, the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Burma this week has [...]
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India Looks East
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is often derided by opposition parties as a non-resident Indian because of his frequent travels [...]
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Burma’s Nuclear Olive Branch
Over the past few years, there’s been much international speculation that Burma is trying to build nuclear weapons. As reports [...]
