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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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June 16, 2023
Myanmar
A Review of Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed by Amitav Acharya
In Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed, scholar Amitav Acharya examines Myanmar's failed democratic transition.
December 1, 2022
Southeast Asia
Walking Through the Middle Kingdom: A Journey Out of Eden with Paul Salopek
Join our panelists for a discussion on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek’s decade-long journey on foot around the world—from the Horn of Africa through the Middle East and Southeast Asia…
February 12, 2021
Southeast Asia
Myanmar’s Coup: Regional Implications
The coup last week in Myanmar, the country’s first in over three decades, has reshaped Myanmar’s political landscape. The country had seemed on a shaky path toward some kind of democracy, following t…
March 1, 2021
Southeast Asia
As in Myanmar, Coups are Becoming More Successful, and More Sophisticated
Early this month, Myanmar’s armed forces took control of the country. Moving overnight, they detained most leading politicians and many civil-society activists, barricaded roads, cut off internet acc…
January 31, 2022
Myanmar
Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict
The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.
