Myanmar foreign policy under Aung San Suu Kyi
ANDREW SELTH | Last November, the National League for Democracy won a landslide electoral victory in Myanmar. It formed a new government this month. Read More
Burma
Why Myanmar’s rumor mill is always spinning
ANDREW SELTH | There is something about Myanmar that encourages conspiracy theories and wild rumors. Not only does the country create them in abundance,… Read More
The potential for Army-Police rivalry in Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Since December 2015, a rumour has been circulating in Yangon that the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed forces is investigating several police… Read More
Myanmar’s armed forces: obstacle or ally for reform?
ANDREW SELTH | It has long been the mantra of Myanmar’s leader-in-waiting Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy, echoed by… Read More
Order versus chaos in Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | In his 1968 book “Political Order in Changing Societies”, American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington wrote that violence and instability were… Read More
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography, 2nd Edition
By Andrew Selth, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University PUBLISHED BY: Griffith University ISBN: 9781922216717 PUBLICATION DATE: 2015 Read the digital version of the… Read More
The realities of power in Myanmar
Over the past few months, articles and op-eds by experts and others on Myanmar’s general elections have covered almost every conceivable aspect of the subject. Read More
The theatre of authoritarian elections: why Myanmar is going to the polls
On Sunday, Myanmar will conduct general elections for its regional and state assemblies, and the lower and upper houses of the national parliament. This marks… Read More
Burma’s Tatmadaw: A force to be reckoned with
ANDREW SELTH | Shashank Joshi’s recent post on ‘India’s Incredible Shrinking Air Force’ prompts a closer look at Burma’s armed forces (the Tatmadaw). Since… Read More
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