Southeast Asian leaders say direct diplomacy with Myanmar is the only way to end the five-year civil war. Opponents of the military regime aren’t convinced.
Articles on Aung San Suu Kyi
Displaying 1 - 20 of 80 articles
The war in Myanmar draws far less western attention than Ukraine or the Middle East. Why is such an enduring and intractable conflict being treated with so little urgency?
China may be pivotal to the outcome.
The elections are a clear attempt by the regime to gain legitimacy and sideline the government in exile. But they open the possibility of some diffusion of power.
Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the country will split along ethnic lines.
Economic proscriptions by the US and EU are hampered by lack of support among Myanmar’s major trading partners in the region.
Peace can become political when advocates oppose or try to reform governments and societies pursuing hostile foreign relations — or when these societies perpetuate injustice and oppression at home.
A pointless reduction in the jail sentences for Myanmar’s democratically elected leaders is unlikely to quell the fires of opposition now burning across the country.
Myanmar’s two-year resistance to the brutal military regime barely registers in the West. But Ukraine shows that Western military force can be successfully used to support a democracy under siege.
Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy must include providing assistance to Rohingya women who have suffered sexual violence.
While we should be extremely thankful that some political prisoners are being released from Myanmar’s jails, we should also recognise they should never have been there in the first place.
Having already spent 20 months in a prison, Aung San Syy Kyi’s Australian economic advisor is due for release in January 2024.
The execution of four activists and opposition politicians is another part of the junta’s campaign of violence and repression in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s military junta is losing some control over the country, but its execution of four high-profile leaders and prisoners sends a warning to Myanmar citizens and the rest of the world.
Millions are expected to stay home in a ‘silent strike’ againt the junta, while the country teeters of the edge of collapse.
Will the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, start taking tougher stances against authoritarian and military regimes? Its recent treatment of Myanmar’s military ruler is promising.
Myanmar’s democracy figurehead faces up to 100 years in prison.
Myanmar’s chair was embarrassingly empty at a recent summit, a rebuff to the military junta that took control of the country in a coup earlier this year.
Myanmar’s government in exile is courting the international community to try to gain recognition over the military junta. The UN seat could be a key prize in that fight.
Arrested on February 5, Sean Turnell awaits trial in Myanmar on charges he tried to leave the country with sensitive financial information.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in International Studies in the School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University
-
Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania
-
Co-Deputy Director, Human Rights Centre and Co-Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of Law, University of Essex
-
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, Loughborough University
-
Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Dundee
-
Associate Professor in International & Community Development, Deakin University
-
Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
-
Associate Professor in International Management, Curtin University
-
Visiting Fellow on Burma, Dept of Political & Social Change, Australian National University
-
Lecturer in International Relations, Department of War Studies, King's College London
-
Professor and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Law & Justice; Vice-President, Asian Studies Association of Australia, UNSW
-
Associate Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
-
Teaching Fellow in Buddhist Studies, University of Edinburgh
-
Assistant Professor, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)