The imposition of US sanctions on the generals of Myanmar last week suggests that economic coercion will remain the first resort for President Joe Biden when confronting international crises. Sanctions are a clear expression of …
Planet A China has launched its long-awaited national emissions trading scheme, which aims to encourage thousands of power operators to improve their carbon efficiency in support of the nation’s pledge of carbon neutrality by 2060. …
In August 2013, I organised a seminar at the Australian National University titled, ‘What is the chance of a coup for Myanmar?’ At the time, some judged the discussion premature. Aung San Suu Kyi had …
Directly or indirectly, the military has always called the shots in Myanmar. And now that it has removed the decade-old facade of gradual democratisation by detaining civilian leaders and seizing power, Western calls to punish …
Until recently, the last time Myanmar’s military supervised a general election whose outcome it didn’t like was back in 1990. On that occasion, a military junta refused to recognise the results, arrested the democratically elected …