This book examines the ideas which have structured half a century of civil war in Burma, and the roles which political elites and foreign networks - from coloni
Burma remains a land in deep crisis. The popular uprising of 1988 swept away 26 years of military rule under General Ne Win in name only. The National League fo
Covers issues of historical influence and political considerations that have shaped the dominant thinking within the state and the military. Examines the three
This study examines the enormous variation and complexity that characterize relationships between the national state and locally-based, often non-state actors w
This paper sheds light on the activities of non-armed members of ethnic minorities in Burma, insufficiently studied actors in the conventional study of ethnic p