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Myanmar Briefing Notes

A new series of commentaries by Derek Tonkin, Chairman of Network Myanmar and former British Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

Note No. 19 - 16 February 2012
Myanmar: The end of sanctions in sight

Note No. 18 - 6 February 2012
Election Spring in Myanmar

Note No.17 - 24 January 2012
Constitutional Conundrums

Note No.16 - 14 January 2012
Never irreversible, but moving in the right direction

Note No. 15 - 7 January 2012
Moving the Goalposts

Note No. 14 - 31 December 2011
Outlook for 2012 - Generally bright, but changeable, with occasional squalls

Note No. 13 - 16 December 2011
William Hague's visit to Myanmar: A Brief for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Note No.12 - 3 December 2011
Promoting US Interests in Asia: The Clinton Visit to Myanmar

Note No.11 - 28 November 2011
Mythology in Myanmar

Note No. 10 - 18 November 2011
Message to Obama: Reform will fail unless the economy is resuscitated

Note No.9 - 9 November 2011
The Politics of Compromise

Note No.8 - 22 October 2011
Burmese Mythology

Note No.7 - 14 October 2011
Political Prisoners and Political Correctness

Note No.6 - 7 October 2011
Realpolitik triumphs in Myanmar, but not in the UK

Note No.5 - 25 September 2011
"What is to be done?" - Lenin 1902

Note No.4 - 16 September 2011
The more things change, the more they don't stay the same

Note No.3 - 8 September 2011
Wikileaks - "An yll wynde that blowth no man to good, men say."

Note No.2 - 26 August 2011
UN Special Rapporteur Quintana takes a proactive approach

Note No.1 - 22 August 2011
Meeting between President U Thein Sein and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi


Burmese Perspectives


"Burmese Perspectives" was a series of occasional commentaries which have now been replaced by "Myanmar Briefing Notes" recorded above.


29 July 2011
"Lawyers have the authority to persuade States to take action"

5 July 2011
Home Truths about Myanmar

15 June 2011
Waiting for Godot in Myanmar

20 May 2011
Flights of Fancy

2 May 2011
Mixed Messages from Myanmar

8 April 2011
Myanmar in Transition

14 March 2011
The Annual Follies on Burma/Myanmar

23 February 2011
Lost in Translation

11 February 2011
Suu Kyi is fighting, but for how long?

25 January 2011
The Perils of the Web

6 January 2011
Pause for Thought

18 December 2010
Myanmar after the elections

23 November 2010
Myanmar changes course, unnoticed

11 November 2010
Myanmar: What follows now?

4 November 2010
Into the Unknown                


28 October 2010

Countdown to the Myanmar Elections

   

14 October 2010

Notions of Disgrace

   

2 October 2010

A brief political guide to the elections in Myanmar

    

22 September 2010

Dissolution of the National League for Democracy

      

13 September 2010

The launching of the Battleship Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

    

5 September 2010

The UN and Commissions of Inquiry

A version in Burmese

     

21 August 2010

Turf wars at home and abroad

   

5 August 2010

Nuclear Elections

   

12 July 2010

Websites in Cobwebs

    

28 June 2010

All over bar the shouting?

    

7 June 2010

Nuclear Fantasies

   

15 May 2010

The Story of the 1990 Elections

   

2 May 2010

Election Special: The Day of Destiny approaches

     

11 April 2010

Things are never quite what they seem

   

31 March 2010

Into the political wilderness

      

17 March 2010

A Child's Guide to the election laws of Myanmar

     

5 March 2010

"Targeted Financial Sanctions" - Panacea or Illusion?

   

23 February 2010

The Waiting Game

     

2 February 2010

The Notification of Stated Reasons and the Pakokku Eight

         

18 January 2010

"Man proposes, but God disposes"

          

1 January 2010

Myanmar in 2010

   

15 December 2009

Christmas Charity

   

22 November 2009

Europe in Turmoil

    

8 November 2009

Too many cooks spoil the broth

   

24 October 2009

"Modest Inconveniences"

  

10 October 2009

Sanctions against Myanmar: Who really suffers?

   

1 October 2009

US-Burmese Relations: "Conditionality" reigns

   

20 September 2009

Reporting the Reality

      

5 September 2009

Cranking up for the elections as the EU cracks up

   

20 August 2009

The National League for Democracy "clarifies" its position on sanctions

   

15 August 2009

Whither Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy?

             

12 August 2009

Political Theatre

   

8 August 2009

The Martyrdom of Aung San Suu Kyi

   

29 July 2009

Hillary Clinton and Myanmar

   

11 July 2009

Ban Ki-moon's Visit to Myanmar: a Catalyst for Policy Change?

 

5 July 2009
Sanctions against Myanmar: Profit and Loss Account
   
22 June 2009
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: No end to her tragedy in sight
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6 June 2009
The Trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: An Interim Assessment
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 23 May 2009
The Trial of the Year cccc
    
12 May 2009
Myanmar: the debate intensifies
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1  May 2009
    
21 April 2009
The Opposition in Overdrive
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7 April 2009
While Europe slumbers, the US debates Myanmar ccc
   
 27 March 2009
Uncharted Waterscccc
   
12 March 2009
Double Standards - Western Style
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26 February 2009
A False Dawn
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21 February 2009
The Dawning of Sanity
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5 February 2009
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi raises the stakesccccc
    
26 January 2009
President Obama and Myanmar: an issue of importance, but is it urgent?ccccc
     
12 January 2009
Trials and Tribulations of Burmese Democrats at home and abroadccccc
    
9 December 2008
"We did not ask for sanctions"
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25 November 2008
Has Myanmar now abandoned the West?ccccc
   
11 November 2008
Whose side are they on, apart from their own?
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23 October 2008
Myanmar or Burma: can the West help?
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5 October 2008
Is nothing ever really better than something?
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11 September 2008
Myanmar and the UN Credentials Committee: Soap Opera or Serious Challenge?
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1 September 2008
A Political Perspective on the Kyat-US$ Exchange Rate
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15 August 2008
The Struggle to Engage Myanmar
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23 July 2008
How not to commemorate the August 1988 Uprising in Burma
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24 June 2008
The Political Scene in Myanmar in the wake of Cyclone Nargis
       
6 June 2008
The Impact of the Constitutional Referendum in Myanmarccccc
    
15 May 2008
Interim Report on the Constitutional Referendumccccc
   
8 May 2008
"Myanmar : A State in Transition" cccccc
  
2 May 2008
The Referendum Vote cccc
    
23 April 2008
"The 'Ayes' look likely to have it, but it could still be a close call"ccccc
   
11 April 2008
"Formal release of the new Constitution"ccccc
    
30 March 2008
"Forecast: outlook uncertain, with occasional squalls and rising temperatures"cccccc
    
15 March 2008
"The Making of Myths : the Media and Myanmar"ccccc
    
4 March 2008
"Countdown to the Referendum" 
       
14 February 2008
"Myanmar: Constitutional Referendum in May and General Elections in 2010 cccc
     
8 February 2008
"Myanmar : Divergent views of the way ahead"ccccc
    
1 January 2008
"Myanmar : The Outlook for 2008"ccccc
    
12 December 2007
"The more things change, the more they remain the same"ccccc
   
29 November 2007
"How European sanctions target the population of Myanmar"cccc
    
21 November 2007
"EU policy set on confrontation"ccccc
   
10 November 2007
"Myanmar : the first signs of political detente"ccccc
   
28 October 2007
"Myanmar : the short term future"ccccc
    
16 October 2007
"UN Security Council Presidential Statement"c

1 October 2007
"Myanmar : the quest for effective sanctions and the law of unintended consequences"

24 September 2007
The current situation
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23 August 2007
Unexpected fuel price increases
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25 July 2007
Myanmar in the news ccccc
    
24 June 2007
Final session of the National Convention ccccc
    
31 May 2007
Burmese Mythology cccc
   
25 April 2007
European Community renews its Common Policy”ccccc
      
23 March 2007
Changing the Debate   ccccc
     
28 November 2006
How Britain facilitates investment in Burmaccccc
      
19 September 2006
Myanmar and the Security Council: the will of the majority, whatever the UN Charter may say    

   

 
  
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