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  • Special Commentary
    South Asia: Anti-Trafficking, Flesh Trade and Human Rights
    Roomana Hukil.    ·   12 Sep, 2013    ·    #4116    ·    Commentary    
    The release of the US State Department’s report, ‘Trafficking in Persons 2013’ (TIP), showcases a premier document that underlines the status of human trafficking in the international community.  The report is a country-wise as ...
  • Myanmar: Awaiting its Green Revolution
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   11 Sep, 2013    ·    #4115    ·    Commentary    
    On 1 September 2013, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein stated that “People in rural areas will soon experience tangible results of development programmes.” He seems to have ensured that the last months of his tenure are specifically ...
  • China and Myanmar: The Great Game of the Gas Pipeline
    Teshu Singh.    ·   30 Aug, 2013    ·    #4102    ·    Commentary    
    The first phase of a China-Myanmar-South Korea-India gas pipeline venture was started in July 2013. Together, they will explore the resources of ‘Shwe Fields’. The pipeline will start from Kyaukryu port in Rakhine State on the west coas ...
  • India-Myanmar Border: Is there a Third Player?
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   30 Aug, 2013    ·    #4101    ·    Commentary    
    On 22 August 2013, Myanmarese troops crossed the border and began to set up a camp in a village of Manipur located 3 km from the international border pillar number 76. The officer in charge claimed to be in his jurisdiction, blaming the Indian offi ...
  • Half Yearly Review
    Myanmar's Transition: Challenges of Continuing and Emerging Conflicts
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   26 Aug, 2013    ·    #4100    ·    Commentary    
    fThe in-transition Myanmar's attempts to leave its violent and divisive past continues to be thwarted both by old mindsets, and also by the opportunities for nuisance the state's apparent openness has bestowed on some groups of people. Guns ...
  • Myanmar: Drug Politics and Democratic Transition
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   24 Jul, 2013    ·    #4049    ·    Commentary    
    Lo Hsing Han’s funeral ceremony, on 17 July, was probably not any different from that of Vito Corleone, the Mafia boss depicted in Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Family, friends, business partners and government officials came t ...
  • Myanmar: Achieving India’s Economic Interests
    Asma Masood.    ·   16 Jul, 2013    ·    #4037    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar’s economy has witnessed several landmark transitions recently.  The World Economic Forum held here in June 2013 ushered the country’s re-emergence on the international stage.  A plethora of reforms and prospects were h ...
  • Myanmar: Implications of Suu Kyi’s Realpolitik
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   15 Jul, 2013    ·    #4035    ·    Commentary    
    "I want to be president and I'm quite frank about it", Aung San Suu Kyi said on 6 June, during the World Economic Forum on East Asia. The rumours about her presidential ambitions thus turned out to be true, which can explain the recen ...
  • Myanmar: FDI, Local Economy and the Rohingya Conflict
    Asma Masood.    ·   10 Jul, 2013    ·    #4030    ·    Commentary    
    On June 27, Myanmar announced that the government awarded a telecommunications contract to Qatari company Ooredo. It sparked a social media backlash in Myanmar. Citizens threatened boycott of its services. The Buddhist community was surprised by th ...
  • Myanmar: Profiling the 969 Movement
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   10 Jul, 2013    ·    #4029    ·    Commentary    
    Is it an economic nationalist movement, an awakening of sorts, a rabid anti-Muslim movement, or a hate revolution that would eventually consume its own children? Local Myanmarese accounts on the radical 969 Buddhist movement have diverged so muc ...
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