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
Myanmar: Pariah status no bar to defence modernisation
ANDREW SELTH | Despite criticisms, sanctions and embargoes, Myanmar is strengthening military ties with neighbours and friends. It has been more than two years since… Read More
Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus under Aung San Suu Kyi
ANDREW SELTH | When Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) took office in 2016, a wave of euphoria swept… Read More
Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus since the fall of General Khin Nyunt in 2004
ANDREW SELTH | In 2003, Myanmar was described as one of the most tightly controlled dictatorships in the world. The main instrument used by… Read More
The daughter: A political biography of Aung San Suu Kyi (Book review)
ANDREW SELTH | Few figures in modern history have attracted as much biographical attention as Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader, Aung San… Read More
Myanmar’s Intelligence State
ANDREW SELTH | Both Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and the armed forces know that their survival is threatened more by disunity and domestic… Read More
The Rohingyas: A new terrorist threat?
ANDREW SELTH | There have been a small number of militant Muslim groups in Myanmar, but they were usually weak and disorganised. A few… 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
