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ARTICLES
"MYANMAR'S COMING REVOLUTION", FOREIGN AFFAIRS, JULY/AUGUST 2021
"REMAKING MYANMAR'S DEVASTATED ECONOMY IS THE KEY FOR FUTURE DEMOCRACY", GUARDIAN, 14 MAY 2021
"WHAT NEXT FOR BURMA?", LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS, 18 MARCH 2021
"MYANMAR'S YOUTH HOLD THE FUTURE IN THEIR HANDS", FINANCIAL TIMES, 13 FEBRUARY 2021
"MYANMAR NEEDS A NEW KIND OF DEMOCRACY", THE NEW YORK TIMES, 6 FEBRUARY 2021
"MYANMAR SHOULD USE COVID CRISIS TO END 30 YEARS OF CRONY CAPITALISM", NIKKEI ASIA, 20 OCTOBER 2020
"MYANMAR NEEDS TO REIMAGINE ITS ECONOMIC FUTURE", FRONTIER MAGAZINE, 11 AUG 2020
"MEETING THE POST-VIRUS CHALLENGE", AN INTERVIEW WITH MYANMAR TIMES, 01 JUN 2020
"A CHANCE TO REIMAGINE MYANMAR'S FUTURE", A COVID-19 RESPONSE ON THE IRRAWADDY, 7 MAY 2020
"NOT A SINGLE YEARS' PEACE", AN ESSAY IN THE NOVEMBER LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS, 21 NOVEMBER 2019
“MYANMAR'S RESURGENT NATIONALISM SHAPES NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE”, NIKKEI MAGAZINE, 6 OCTOBER 2017
“MYANMAR, AN UNFINISHED NATION” NIKKEI MAGAZINE, 17 JUNE 2017
“MYANMAR BEYOND THE PEACE PROCESS”, NIKKEI MAGAZINE, 28 AUGUST 2016
“WHY MYANMAR MUST RESET ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA”, FOREIGN POLICY, 12 JANUARY 2016
“CREATING A SHARED IDENTITY IS MYANMAR'S TOP CHALLENGE”, FRONTIER MAGAZINE, 7 JANUARY 2016
“MYANMAR POLLS BRING END TO 'HELPFUL AMBIGUITY' ”, 19 SEPTEMBER 2015
“MYANMAR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE”, FUKUOKA GRAND PRIZE LECTURE, FUKUOKA, JAPAN, 6 NOVEMBER 2015
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IS THE KEY TO A FREE MYANMAR, FINANCIAL TIMES, 4 NOVEMBER 2014
MYANMAR: THE BATTLE TO SAVE THE BUILT HERITAGE OF OLD YANGON”, FINANCIAL TIMES, 17 APRIL 2015
“HELP MYANMAR’S PEACE TALKS TO TRANSFORM ASIA”, FINANCIAL TIMES, 21 NOVEMBER 2013
“LIFT SANCTIONS OR MYANMAR’S MOMENT MAY BE LOST”, FINANCIAL TIMES, APRIL 2012
“FORGOTTEN TREASURES”, FINANCIAL TIMES, DEC 2011
“IN MYANMAR SEIZE THE MOMENT” NEW YORK TIMES, 4 OCT 2011
“ASIA’S NEW GREAT GAME”, FOREIGN POLICY, SEPT 2011
“END BURMA’S ISOLATION” (GUERNICA MAGAZINE, DEC 2010)
“LET’S TALK TO BURMA, CHINA SURE IS”, WASHINGTON POST, 16 AUGUST 2009
“THE BURMA DILEMMA”, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, 21 MAY 2008
“THE SHARED HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND BURMA”, DAILY TELEGRAPH, 11 MAY 2008
“SAVING BURMA THE RIGHT WAY”, LA TIMES, OCT 2007)
“MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?”, GUARDIAN, 1 OCTOBER 2007
“BURMA GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE”, TIME MAGAZINE, 30 AUGUST 2007
“DOES BURMA NEED YOU?” TIMES, 19 MAY 2007
“MERDAKA!”, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, 11 MAY 2007
“WHAT TO DO ABOUT BURMA”, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS, FEB 2007)
“ROADS FROM MANDALAY”, THE NEW STATESMAN, JANUARY 2007
“THE ROAD FROM MANDALAY”, THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS, JANUARY 2007
“DON’T FORCE DEMOCRACY IN BURMA”, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 29 SEPTEMBER 2006
“THE UN’S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE”, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 24 JULY 1997
“POLICY AND PREJUDICE” RADIO SERIES (WITH CHRISTOPHER GUNNESS), BBC RADIO 4, APRIL 1997
“TRADING WITH THE ENEMY”, FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 10 MARCH 1994
"HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?" PHNOM PENH POST, 3 JUNE 1993
“THE BURMESE WAY TO SOCIALISM” THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY, VOL. 13/1, 1992
“DARK BURMESE DAYS”, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, 27 DECEMBER 1991
“BURMA’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM”, WASHINGTON POST, 9 OCTOBER 1990
“MYANMAR IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER LANDS”, NEW YORK TIMES, 26 AUGUST 1990
“BRINGING SLORC TO HEEL”, NEW YORK TIMES, 15 MARCH 1990
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