Burma
Scholarly Publications
Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia
November 2008
Hard Choices offers a most rewarding perspective on how Southeast Asian states straddle the ongoing tensions among three rarely compatible goals—security, democracy, and regionalism.
ASEAN's ''Black Swans''
July 2008
It was meant to be a celebration not a showdown, let alone a showdown that the brutal junta in Burma (Myanmar) would win.
News
Democracy Challenged: Donald Trump, Min Aung Hlaing, and Indonesia
February 2021
Southeast Asia Program Director Donald K. Emmerson compares responses across Southeast Asia to the February coup in Myanmar and reflects on the parallels and differences between the state of...
The Myanmar Coup Is a Major Setback, but the Story of Myanmar's Struggle for Democracy Is Not Over
February 2021
According to Scot Marciel, former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar and Stanford visiting scholar at APARC, building a democracy is a difficult process that can be upended, particularly when the military is...
Video Interview with Koret Fellow Andray Abrahamian
February 2019
We sat down with our 2018-19 Koret Fellow in Korean Studies Andray Abrahamian to discuss North Korea denuclearization and the approaching Trump-Kim second summit in Hanoi; Abrahamian's work with...
Events
North Korea and Myanmar: Divergent Paths
January 10, 2019
The stories of North Korea and Myanmar (Burma) are two of Asia’s most difficult.
Burma's Democracy: How Real?
March 6, 2014
The opening up of Myanmar (Burma) and the steps undertaken taken toward political reform in that formerly isolated dictatorship have been among Asia's most dramatic and least expected events. But...
Indonesia Is No Model for Muslim Democracy
March 5, 2013
Since the resignation of Indonesia’s authoritarian president Suharto in 1998, the country has made great strides in consolidating a democratic government.
Multimedia
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC China Program seminar, "The South China Sea: What is to be Done?", on March 8, 2017, with Donald K.
Embittered Authoritarianism: Contemporary Malaysia in Comparative Perspective
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "Embittered Authoritarianism: Contemporary Malaysia in Comparative Perspective," with Dan Slater on Feb.
Reforming Myanmar's Health System
March 2016
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked Myanmar’s health system as the second-worst in the world. Its people endured short life expectancies, poor health outcomes, and the highest out-of-pocket health expenses in Southeast Asia.
