| Editorial_July 2007 |
 Burma Plays Nuclear Card Burma's confirmation of plans to build a 10-megawatt nuclear reactor with the help of Russia has aroused only skepticism, despite assurances of peaceful intentions. Aung Zaw surveys the history of Burma's nuclear ambitions. |
 Thein Oo Po Saw: Burma’s Spokesperson for Nuclear Power A long-time spokesperson for Burma's nuclear power program is a US-trained nuclear scientist who has played a leading role in moving the country toward nuclear technology, writes Aung Zaw. |
 An Untimely Quest Regardless of Burma's right to pursue peaceful nuclear technology, its capacity to do so safely should be the main concern, says Edward Blair, who explores the uses of small nuclear reactors in medical, industrial and agricultural technology. |
 Step on the Gas Asian nations are stumbling over each other in the rush to capture the concession rights to huge gas and oil resources controlled by the Burmese junta, writes William Boot. |
 Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright After 18 years in a prison, journalist Win Tin's fiery spirit is far from broken. Kay Latt, who spent four years in the same cell block in Insein Prison, profiles a former leader of the National League for Democracy. |
 Roy’s Rough Burma Guide Thirty years after the first publication of Roy Hudson's quixotic travel guide to Burma a lot has changed, but a lot hasn't also, says writer Jim Andrews. |
 River of No Return An autobiographical-history book by Thant Myint-U alternates descriptions of Burma's historical roots with a personal memoir by the grandson of the late UN secretary-general, U Thant. The book "brims with interesting anecdotes," says reviewer Ko Ko Thett. |
 A Half-Stocked Marketplace of Ideas A scholarly collection of papers seeking to unveil present day Burma should be a feast of the intellect, says reviewer David Scott Mathieson, but, alas, with a few exceptions readers are given mostly table scraps. |
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 King of the Highlands Few know where former drug lord Khun Sa is, but nobody who lives near his former lair in the mountains of the Thailand-Burma border can forget him. Writer Kyaw Zwa Moe talks to local residents. |
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