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Burma
Increasingly out of touch with voters, the NLD’s failure to tackle economic issues and its own structural problems could force it into alliances with ethnic parties in the next e
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Guest Column
An entrenched, male-dominated ‘security approach’ has left the peace process deadlocked.
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From the Archive
In this commentary from November 2007, two months after the Saffron Revolution demonstrations, Kyaw Zwa Moe illuminates the power of hope in the country’s fight for democracy.
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Dateline
This week, The Irrawaddy discusses how and when the military might be persuaded to relinquish its role in politics.
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News
Critics see decision to air film on anniversary of coup as an attempt to legitimize its takeover—and as a warning that it could happen again.
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Burma
The events of Sept. 18, 1988, and their bloody aftermath established a military presence in Myanmar’s political life that, three decades later, shows no signs of going away.
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Commentary
Already wielding considerable political power under the Constitution, and with the NLD making itself more unpopular by the day, why would it?
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Commentary
Unable to decipher our leaders’ carefully chosen words, many would-be analysts of Myanmar badly misread the political situation here.
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Commentary
There is little evidence that the government was involved, but the damage to the democratic transition has been done.
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Burma
The late US senator’s support for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi saw him banned from the country for 15 years; he later clashed with her government over the Rohingya.
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Burma
State Counselor tells international audience in Singapore her government has made progress on Rakhine and the peace process, says Myanmar has ‘bright economic future’
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Commentary
Finding a way out of the protracted deadlock over the Constitution will require a level of leadership and political will that has so far been absent.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy discusses Myanmar’s progress – or lack of – towards democracy since the ’88 uprising.
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Burma
Event held to recall role of ‘Kabar Makyay Bu’ — Naing Myanmar’s reworking of ‘Dust in the Wind’ — in galvanizing protesters; its creator was censored by the military
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Burma
Former US Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell has become the new president of an international nonprofit working to support democracy around the world.
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