Joshua Kurlantzick
Fellow for Southeast Asia
Expertise
Southeast Asia, China; Asian regionalism; public diplomacy; democratization in the developing world.
Programs
Asia Program
All Publications
Joshua Kurlantzick says, "... Thailand, once a poster child for democratization in the developing world, has undergone perhaps the most rapid and severest democratic regression in the entire world."
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Joshua Kurlantzick reviews William Dobson's The Dictator's Learning Curve.
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Joshua Kurlantzick warns that while investors may look on Burma as a potential emerging market, they should be aware that Burma has experienced periods of short-lived openness before.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, Democracy and Human Rights, Economics, Emerging Markets, Political Movements
Joshua Kurlantzick and Elizabeth Leader discuss how the newest threats to expression and access on the Internet are not coming from authoritarian states, but instead from somewhere more surprising: electoral democracies like Thailand, Turkey, and South Korea.
See more in Turkey, South Korea, Thailand, Democracy and Human Rights
Joshua Kurlantzick says that even though its by-elections were relatively free and fair, Burma remains a long way from a truly democratic culture of elections.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, Democracy and Human Rights, Elections
The elections brought democratic forces into parliament for the first time in fifty years. But Myanmar's rapid reforms still must be viewed as small steps in a country where military forces retain considerable power, writes CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick.
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Joshua Kurlantzick explores the challenges of Myanmar's business environment.
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Myanmar's sudden transition from repressive pariah to potential democracy should be viewed through the lens of a military alarmed by people power revolts and by the country's increasingly shaky economic condition, says CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick.
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Joshua Kurlantzick says that despite the hopes raised by the Arab Spring, democracy is actually in retreat around the world, but there is a way to revive it.
See more in Southeast Asia, Middle East, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Movements
Joshua Kurlantzick reviews The River of Lost Footsteps and Where China Meets India by Thant Myint-U.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Movements
Joshua Kurlantzick says dramatic signs of political opening and reform by Myanmar's new civilian government suggest the limits of international pressure.
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In this Policy Innovation Memorandum, Joshua Kurlantzick argues that the United States should play a much larger role in shaping Myanmar's reforms by launching a new strategy of engagement, including a sizable aid package, upgraded diplomatic relations, and, if reforms continue, an end to American sanctions.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Joshua Kurlantzick says Europe is turning to emerging economies to help solve its debt crisis, but it's too bad they can't deliver.
See more in Europe/Russia, Russian Fed., EU, China, Economics, Emerging Markets, Financial Crises, EU
Joshua Kurlantzick discusses the unexpected series of reforms that has taken place in Burma since President Thein Sein took office.
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With China and Southeast Asian states disputing claims to the energy-rich South China Sea, the United States is likely to bolster its presence in the area, writes CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick.
See more in China, Southeast Asia, Diplomacy
Joshua Kurlantzick explores Deng Xiaoping's legacy in his review of Ezra Vogel's Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China and Henry Kissinger's On China.
See more in Asia, East Asia, China, Democratization, Nationalism, Economics, Economic Development, Society and Culture
Joshua Kurlantzick details the ways in which Chinese influence is putting pressure on democracy in Asia.
See more in Southeast Asia, Democracy and Human Rights, Democracy Promotion, Culture and Foreign Policy
In this Center for Preventive Action study, CFR scholars provide policy options for preventing a major crisis and mitigating the consequences in the territories immediately adjacent to China: North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
See more in Central Asia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Burma/Myanmar, Conflict Prevention
Joshua Kurlantzick and Hunter Marston say that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi might not want to assume a revolutionary role when dealing with the Burmese government.
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Joshua Kurlantzick says Libya is hardly the only country that has reason to rejoice at the fall of Muammar al-Qaddafi.
See more in Africa, Libya, South America, Asia, Wars and Warfare, Political Movements