Browsing through cyberspace we have noted several commentaries onMyanmar (Burma) from longtime Asia and Burma watchers. These articles should help those new to Burma or Myanmar(as the country has officially called itself since since 1989) and the country’s history and current political context, which may be fairly mystifying to many.
Crisis and Response Part II, by Bertil Lintner, YaleGlobal, 21 May 2008.
Author, long-time Far Eastern Economic Review columnist, and Chiang Mai resident, Bertil Lintner, has written several books and numerous articles since the 80s on Burma politics and the ethnic insurgency.)
Gwynne Dyer: Latest chapter in a 45-year-old tragedy, The New Zealand Herald, May 22, 2008
A military historian, columnist, and author, Gwynne Dyer has long commented on Burma politics.
A storm of protest over Burma, by Andrew Selth.
Selth, a Research Fellow at Griffith University in Australia has followed the history of Burma’s Army and written published numerous academic articles on this subject.
“Burma’s Economic Prospects” (html format), by Sean Turnell.
Sean Turnell is a professor of economics at Macquarie University in Australia who has written extensively on the economic situation and history of the country. This paper, written in 2006, was presented to the U.S. Senate.
Tags: Burma, Burma Army, Burma Economy, Cyclone Nargis, Junta, Myanmar
