Maung Zarni

The stubborn regime

2015 elections in Burma will be neither historic nor consequential.

Nov 06, 2015

An offer the minorities cannot refuse

Is Aung San Suu Kyi a pawn in the generals' attempt to neutralise Burma's ethnic rebellions?

Dec 01, 2011

The generals’ election

In the run-up to Burma’s fraught polls, some of the junta’s leading cheerleaders are Western governments who are bending over backwards to justify their stance.

Oct 01, 2010

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