Burma is a third-world country with a long history of left-wing politics dating back to the colonial era. Unlike the rest of the world, politics in Burma was totally a battle between left-wing groups.

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Burmese writer and historian Dr. Thant Myint-U discussed his new book, “The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century” (2019), with an audience of ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. When Suu Kyi’s party triumphed in 2015, in the first free national elections since ...

In the shadow of a pagoda and a mosque, not long after dawn in Rangoon, a line of Burmese, their bodies pressed together so tightly that sweat mingled and sarongs converged, shuffled forward to cast ...

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Sunset gathering at the ancient Shwedagon Pagoda, which have been a key meeting place in Yangon (and Burma!) for thousands of year. Cartdrivers close to the red pagoda of Mingun, upstream along the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover international security, conflict, history and aviation. On Monday morning, soldiers from Myanmar’s armed forces, the ...

The CSIS Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with Thant Myint-U Dr. Thant Myint-U is an award-winning writer, historian, conservationist, and a former advisor to the president of Myanmar. He has served on ...