Monday, October 13, 2014

Other sources about Myanmar concerning politics:




1. Chalk, P. (2013). On the path of change Political, economic and social challenges for Myanmar. Special Report, (December 2013).

We have chosen this report due to its different perspective, because it was written by senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation working in the Australian Strategic Policy Institute Limited. Therefore it analyzes the different issues that are happening in Myanmar at the moment with a fairly neutral scope. Nevertheless we take into account its potential shortcomings because it was made by an analyst from RAND, a pro american organization.

2. Jesnes, K. (2014). Developing relations: Political parties and civil society in Myanmar.

This report, since it was created by a party which has no interests in the matter, the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre ,has a more objective approach. It values the role of civil society in the struggle towards democratization and how are the different ethnic groups concerned.

A very important aspect of this report is that it takes into account the legal constraints which surrounds the whole problem and makes it more difficult for the country to progress.

3. Global Justice Center (Ed.). (2013). The Gender Gap and Women’s Political Power in Myanmar/Burma.

This journal article is very short but it illustrates a very important issue in Burma, the lack of equity between men and women. This topic is very important if Myanmar wishes to become a developed nation and join international organizations.

4. Strangio, S. (2014, July 21). Myanmar’s Constitutional Uncertainty. The Diplomat.

This source differs from the others in the sense that is not a report but a magazine article which may lack the depth or the objectivity of the previous ones. In spite of this fact, we chose it because it is a specialized magazine in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific region and it is very recent so it can show us the more immediate events that are happening in Myanmar right now. The article talks about the desire of the population of Burma to change its constitution to curtail the military's power in the national assembly.



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