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A New-Model NATO
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by Klaus Naumann, Henk van den Breemen, Peter Inge , Jacques Lanxade and John M. Shalikashvili

- Klaus Naumann is a former Chief of Staff, Federal Republic of Germany.

- Shalikashvili is a former US Chief of Staff and NATO Supreme Commander.

- General Henk van den Breemen is a former Chief of the Defense Staff, [...]

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The Rise of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
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by Susan Dorman and Richard E. Chaisson

- Richard E. Chaisson is professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health and Director of the Center for Tuberculosis Research at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He is also principal investigator of the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic (CREATE), an international research consortium [...]

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How Effective is Disaster Relief?
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_ by Robert Glasser
[Robert Glasser is Secretary General of CARE International.]
When disaster strikes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are among the first on the scene. The United Nations estimates that there are now more than 37,000 international NGOs, with major donors relying on them more and more.
Inevitably, there are problems. Both the Rwandan [...]

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Partnerless in Pakistan
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_ by Arif Rafiq
[Arif Rafiq is the editor of the Pakistan Policy Blog (www.pakistanpolicy.com).]
New York — President George W. Bush rightly called Pakistan’s recent national and provincial elections “a victory for [its] people.” But, even as he uttered those words, his administration was working behind the scenes to subvert the will of Pakistan’s [...]

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Martial Arts Odyssey : Lai Tai (Part 1)
The Kung fu of the Shan People of Burma
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By Antonio Graceffo 
The Shan people migrated from China to Burma centuries ago, brining with them their own special brand of Chinese Kung Fu. Travel with Antonio Graceffo as he makes his way into the war zone of Burma to learn [...]

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the 2010 Elections
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_ By Derek Tonkin
[Derek Tonkin is a former British Ambassador in South East Asian countries.]
On 19 February 2008 the Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo is reported to have told the media in Singapore that his Burmese colleague Nyan Win had informed ASEAN colleagues that Daw Aung San [...]

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BRAVO!! RAMBO TAKES AN SOF MISSION TO THE BIG SCREEN
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By Dr. Martin Brass
Soldier of Fortune

February, 2008
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MACHO FANTASY LINKS UP WITH MACHO REALITY
IT HAD BEEN years since the most macho fantasy figure Rambo had donned the cover of the most macho magazine, SOF.
Last year, Sylvester (Sly) Stallone, known for his portrayal of Rambo, contacted the [...]

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NEW REPORT DETAILS DEPRIVATION AND ABUSE FACING BURMESE REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide
25 February 2008
 
Burmese refugees in Malaysia are living in “severe and desperate poverty and deprivation”, and face exploitation, abuse and “the widespread risk of arrest, detention, severe mistreatment including caning, and subsequent deportation by the Malaysian authorities”, according to a new report released [...]

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Myanmar to jail referendum disrupters
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP news) – Anyone who distributes leaflets or makes speeches against Myanmar’s constitutional referendum can be imprisoned for three years under new rules governing the May vote published by state media Wednesday.
The Constitutional Referendum Law also allows for voting to be postponed or canceled in places affected by a [...]

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Myanmar enacts law on constitution vote
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP news) – Myanmar’s military government said Tuesday that it had set the rules for a referendum on a new constitution, a step on a purported “roadmap to democracy” that critics call a sham.
The announcement broadcast on state TV and radio evening news said the junta had passed [...]

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1990

2010

After 2010

Thanks for the idea by Young Tai.

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Elections like 1990 ?
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_ By Cedric Snodgrass
The elections held in 1990 were relatively free and fair (although just before the elections, “SLORC relocates one million ‘squatters’ to improve its electoral prospects” ).
At that time not only were the people of Burma suffering from pillaging and mismanagement by the military-dominated regimes, but the regime then in [...]

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Death of a Quiet Man
 
All those violent ends
Documented in my living years:
Gandhi, Kennedy, Luther King
Indira and her son; Aung San,
Benazir and her father
All standing up to lead.
 
Now a quiet Karen, exiled
From his home in Burma.
Padoh Mahn Sha, a man of peace
Stood up to lead.
A solitary calling, his wife dead
His children far away.
 
Sharing food with him, [...]

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Paul Copeland talked about Burmese junta’s announcements of election and referendum.
Paul Copeland, Lawyer, has been a Bencher (director) of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1990, is Co-President of the Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted, a member of the Law Union of Ontario and was a member of the International Commission of [...]

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King Thibaw

King Than Shwe

Thanks for the idea, David Law.

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BURMESE WAY TO DISCIPLINED DEMOCRACY  
How Military Officers live their lives in Burma
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By Ethan Bourne
The bulldog known as Senior General Than Shwe was thought to be a puppet. Recent years and political developments have proved that school of thought wrong. To show he is in power and he is a strongman, he purged the generals [...]

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