Myanmar: Postage stamps and political signals
A new set of stamps by Myanmar Post again draws controversy over “national races” labels to categorise the population. ANDREW… Read More
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With new coastguard, Myanmar looks to improve maritime security
ANDREW SELTH | In March this year, Myanmar’s Defence Ministry submitted a proposal to parliament to establish a national coastguard. Read More
Diplomatic intelligence
ANDREW SELTH | When I joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1973, my fellow trainees and I were told that diplomatic receptions… Read More
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography (Third edition)
ANDREW SELTH | When nation-wide pro-democracy demonstrations were crushed by the armed forces in 1988, thrusting Myanmar (Burma) into the world’s headlines, there was… Read More
What’s in a name: Burma or Myanmar?
ANDREW SELTH | A decision by the US to accept the name Myanmar seems unlikely any time soon. When Aung San Suu Kyi’s… Read More
Graphic novels chart Myanmar’s history
ANDREW SELTH | Exotic climate, turbulent past an inspiration to comic writers Before 1988, Myanmar (then known as Burma) did not feature prominently in… Read More
Biggles in Burma: Giving boys what they want
ANDREW SELTH | When British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quoted the poem ‘Mandalay’ during a visit to Myanmar in early 2017, to the obvious… Read More
Myanmar and Aung San: The resurrection of an icon
ANDREW SELTH | In this post on The Interpreter, Andray Abrahamian recently drew attention to the Myanmar government’s decision to name a bridge… Read More
The wisdom in the literature
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth outlines why past generations’ accumulated literary and scholarly work on Myanmar is at risk of being lost —… Read More
A poem and the politics of high imperialism
MICHAEL WESLEY | Michael Wesley takes a look at a new book by Andrew Selth and the story of how a poem by Rudyard Kipling… Read More
