| Editorial_November 2006 |
Reports suggest the US-led war on terror has bolstered the ranks of Muslim radicals since September 11, 2001. Bertil Lintner assesses the impact on Southeast Asia, where several insurgencies have escalated in recent years. |
The Irrawaddy speaks with Sunai Phasuk of Human Rights Watch about the prospects for peace in troubled southern Thailand under the country’s military-led interim government. |
Andreas Harsono examines the effects of the West’s war on terror on East Asia’s largest army. |
State-run media in Burma has increasingly painted opposition and ethnic groups as terrorists. Aung Zaw looks at the lies and distortions the ruling junta uses in their attempt to initiate their own war on terror. |
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India has struggled to contain insurgent groups operating in the country and from bases in western Burma. Smita Mishra Brahma reports on escalating attacks by Burmese troops on Indian insurgents in the region. |
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Smita Mishra Brahma reports on the resurfacing of a former Indian intelligence agent implicated in the murders of several separatist rebels from Burma’s Arakan State. |
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Reports have circulated that Lt-Gen Thein Sein may become Burma’s newest president. Kyaw Zwa Moe evaluates the truth of the claims and the hierarchy of power in military-run Burma. |
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Yeni reports on the hundreds of volunteers who regularly brave the jungles of Burma to deliver vital medical aid to ethnic villagers displaced by ongoing attacks by junta forces. |
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The Irrawaddy presents a 1947 speech by Burmese independence hero Gen Aung San, to a delegation from Thailand, which highlights the importance of historical and future ties between the regional neighbors. |
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History has often been the target of Burma’s ruling junta’s revisionist policies. Khin Maung Soe examines these efforts by Burma’s military rulers to whitewash history through the destruction or neglect of the tombs of four national heroes. |
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Emma Larkin reviews The Invisible Ones, by Dutch novelist Karel van Loon, a story of one man’s journey through some of the most turbulent political events in modern Burmese history. |
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