How much difference a year can make! The walls of closed society seem to be falling in Burma. But will the army remain silent?
The Indian Ocean has become increasingly central, contested and crowded. Not just Southasia but all of southern Asia must reclaim its stake on the water.
The Indian position towards Burma is characterised by a paradox. Across the political spectrum, civil society and media, there is support for the Burmese democratic movement. People sympathise with Daw
The development of a regional Southeast Asian identity may not necessarily conform to the 'facts' of geography, history, culture or politics. The notion of Southeast Asia as a homogenous cultural or geographic entity can indeed be overstated. But its social and political identity, derived from the c
Uneasy bedfellows they obviously are, but what are the dynamics of the ASEAN – Burma relationship?
When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was being established in 1967, Burma was