A Myanmar Miscellany: Selected Articles, 2007-2023
Andrew Selth, author
Date of publication:
2024
Publisher:
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Number of pages:
472
Code:
BM633
Soft Cover
ISBN: 9789815203363
About the publication
Andrew Selth has been watching Myanmar for 50 years. During this time, he has published 10 books and more than 400 other works about the country. In 2020, he released a collection of almost 100 articles that had been posted on the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter website. This second anthology brings together another 72 articles, written for a range of outlets between 2007 and 2023. This period saw the installation of a “disciplined democracy” under Aung San Suu Kyi, the 2021 military coup, and the country’s descent into a bitter civil war. Many of the articles in the book deal with international relations and security issues, but there are also works on Myanmar’s history, politics and culture, as well as some personal reminiscences. Together, they make a unique contribution from an Old Myanmar Hand with wide ranging interests and insights.
Contents
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A Myanmar Miscellany: Selected Articles, 2007-2023
[Whole Publication, ISBN: 9789815203370], by Andrew Selth, author -
Preliminary pages with Introduction
- PART I: POLITICAL AND SECURITY ISSUES
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1. Chinese Whispers: The Great Coco Island Mystery; 2. Burma’s Mythical Isles ; 3. Burma and North Korea: Smoke or Fire?; 4. Burma, North Korea and the Nuclear; 5. Burma’s Armed Forces: Does Size Matter?; 6. Myanmar’s Nuclear Ambitions; 7. Thein Sein as Myanmar’s Gorbachev; 8. A Statue in Naypyidaw: Exploring Motifs and Meanings; 9. Burma: Pawn, Pivot, Pariah … and Now Partner; 10. The Realities of Power in Myanmar; 11. Instability in Myanmar Could Test New Government’s Democratic Policies; 12. Myanmar’s Armed Forces: Obstacle or Ally for Reform?; 13. Myanmar Foreign Policy under Aung San Suu Kyi; 14. The Lady and Authoritarianism in Myanmar; 15. Will Obama’s Myanmar Legacy Survive under Trump?; 16. Why Myanmar’s Military Is Not Planning a Coup; 17. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Tatmadaw; 18. Fallen Idol: Aung San Suu Kyi and the Politics of Personality; 19. Myanmar’s Intelligence State; 20. Review of Hans-Bernd Zollner and Rodion Ebbighausen, The Daughter: A Political Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi; 21. The Coup in Myanmar—What Do We Know?; 22. Myanmar’s Coup Will Test the Loyalty of the Security Forces; 23. Myanmar’s Personalized Politics; 24. The Upward Spiral of Violence in Myanmar; 25. Myanmar and the Lessons of History; 26. Myanmar and a New Kind of Civil War; 27. Aung San Suu Kyi’s Uncertain Fate; 28. Myanmar, Terrorism and the Demands of International Politics; 29. Myanmar: No Light on the Horizon; 30. Could Defections Threaten the Survival of Myanmar’s Military Regime?; 31. If Pushed Far Enough, Would Myanmar Leave ASEAN?; 32. Myanmar’s Annus Horribilis; 33. The Competing Public Commentary on Myanmar; 34. Myanmar’s Military Numbers; 35. A No-Fly Zone Won’t Fly in Myanmar; 36. Is World Opinion Shifting on Lethal Aid to Myanmar’s Opposition Movement?; 37. Myanmar’s Civil War and the Myth of Military Victory; 38. The Executions in Myanmar: What Was the Junta Thinking?; 39. Chinese Spy Bases on Myanmar’s Great Coco Island? Here We Go Again; 40. Myanmar’s Intelligence War: The Battle of Wits and Wiles Against the Junta; 41. A Tale of Two Myanmars; 42. Has History Left Aung San Suu Kyi Behind?; 43. Are Western Intelligence Agencies “Fuelling an Armed Rebellion” in Myanmar; 44. How Credible Are the Casualty Figures Coming out of Myanmar?; 45. Myanmar Accused of Nuclear Weapons Ambitions—Again; 46. Beware Sensational Claims About Myanmar’s Security Environment; 47. Military Manpower Has Become a Critical Factor for Myanmar’s Junta; 48. It Is Too Early to Write Off Myanmar’s Junta
- PART II: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES
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49. On the Road to Mandalay … Colonial Burma, as Seen Through Popular Western Music; 50. Rudyard Kipling and “Mandalay”; 51. Burma/Myanmar: Bibliographic Trends; 52. Burma and the Kipling Mystique; 53. Why Myanmar’s Rumour Mill Is Always Spinning; 54. Burma After Forty Years: Still Unlike Any Land You Know About; 55. Colonial Burma, as Seen Through Collectible Cards; 56. Colonial Burma, History and Phillumeny; 57. Colonial-Era Pulp Fiction Portrays “Technicolor” Myanmar; 58. Burma and the Comics, Part 1: Wars and Rumours of Wars; 59. Burma and the Comics, Part 2: Heroines, Heroes and Villains; 60. Myanmar, Myeik and Mythmaking; 61. Burma and the Superman Stamp; 62. Myanmar Bibliographies and Booklists 63. The Wisdom in the Literature; 64. Singing in the Monsoon: Hymns in Colonial Burma; 65. Biggles in Burma: Giving Boys What They Want; 66. Graphic Novels Chart Myanmar’s History; 67. Foreigners, Fighting and Phaleristics: Military Medals in British Burma
- PART III: MISCELLANEOUS MEMORIES
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68. The Rats of Rangoon; 69. Journeys Without Maps in Myanmar; 70. Diplomatic Intelligence; 71. Spooked; 72. Memories of Burma’s Art Scene in the 1970s
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Index
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The Author
