Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 03/25/2016 - 06:45
Paper No. 6089 Dated 25-Mar-2016
By C. S. Kuppuswamy
“Most likely is that Myanmar will become an example of the "new normal politics" in Southeast Asia -- a hybrid regime, with an elected executive, powerful military, and deeply entrenched elites dominant in much of politics and, particularly, the economy.” – Ashley South, Nikkei Asian Review – March 19, 2016.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 06:03
Paper No. 6085 Dated 11-Mar-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
As Myanmar nears a historic political transition, the incoming National League for Democracy (NLD) will have a lot on their plate. They will face the enormous challenge of steering the country according to their plans. Having struggled for two and a half decades against a hardline military rule, they will have a clearer understanding of challenges in the domestic field. But in foreign policy the NLD lacks experience.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 01/27/2016 - 08:40
Paper No. 6065 Dated 27-Jan-2016
By C. S. Kuppuswamy
“Without a lasting peace with ethnic minority groups, who make up around 40 percent of the population, any future administration will have difficulty ensuring a nationwide buy-in for its reform agenda and providing the political stability needed to manage and develop the country’s resource-rich frontiers, where most ethnic groups are located”. - Murray Hiebert and Phuong Nguyen – Asia Sentinel - 22 August 2014.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 06:27
Paper No. 6060 Dated 19-Jan-2016
By C. S. Kuppuswamy
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 11:11
Paper No. 6038 Dated 23-Nov-2015
By C. S. Kuppuswamy
The Elections
The General Elections were held on Sunday the 8th November 2015. Elections were held for the lower house, the upper house and the fourteen state/ regional assemblies. For security reasons, elections were not held in some townships in the Shan State and in some areas where the fighting continues in Northern Myanmar.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 11/13/2015 - 06:40
Paper No. 6032 Dated 13-Nov-2015
Guest Column by Dr. Tint Swe
(The writer was a former member of parliament of the unfortunate 1990 elections when the NLD won a land slide victory. He was living in Delhi as an exile and was a regular contributor to SAAG. In 2014 he migrated to US.)
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:56
Paper No. 5977 Dated 28-July-2015
By C. S. Kuppuswamy
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