Tag Archives: Burma

Burma Podcast! The Road Ahead

In 2011, when Burma stood at the brink of today’s reforms, author and Burma pundit Thant Myint-U published a recent study. The book’s title, ‘Where China Meets India,’ reads like a brief meditation of Burma’s crucial geography, but as this

Aung Thura, Chief Marketing Strategist

What is it really like inside Burma? Descriptions of the country have often lingered too much too often on the politics of the country, a heroic leader under house arrest, and an otherwise resource rich nation that has backslid over

Patrick Boehler, Contributor at The Irrawaddy

In a matter of decades, the primarily agrarian ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) have rapidly transformed themselves into economic powerhouses. There are now glittering skyscrapers in Bangkok, new ports along the coasts of Vietnam, and a business boom in