Raising the stakes in Burma/
HOLLIDAY Ian
Raising the stakes in Burma/ Ian Holliday - 2009
In downtown Rangoon and some other cities, small scale acts of protest were launched. An ongoing signature campaign, celebrity sound bites and official rebukes from United Nations Security Council and numerous governments. On the side of the ruling SPDC the attempt to break free from the moral shackles in which Aung San Suu Kyi has long encased it resides above all in the 2010 general election. For Western and Asian powers a critical phase in relations with Burma is opening up.
BURMA
MYANMAR
POLITICS
ASIAN POWERS
Raising the stakes in Burma/ Ian Holliday - 2009
In downtown Rangoon and some other cities, small scale acts of protest were launched. An ongoing signature campaign, celebrity sound bites and official rebukes from United Nations Security Council and numerous governments. On the side of the ruling SPDC the attempt to break free from the moral shackles in which Aung San Suu Kyi has long encased it resides above all in the 2010 general election. For Western and Asian powers a critical phase in relations with Burma is opening up.
BURMA
MYANMAR
POLITICS
ASIAN POWERS