Is Burma going to be Southeast Asia’s Iran or North Korea?

Aug. 11 | One of the estimated 800 tunnels currently being built in Burma. (Read more about it here.) Gerald Giam Asean’s policy of non-interference in member states’ internal affairs has been taken to the extreme to mean closing a blind eye to just about...

All talk, no traction

Jul. 25 | Report from The Irrawaddy: International gatherings like the ones held on the Thai resort island of Phuket last week are seldom much more than talk shops. The ministers who attended the Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the Asean Regional Forum (ARF)...