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Editorials

Burma’s Much-Awaited News Finally Arrives

Many of Burma’s most prominent political prisoners have finally been released and President Thein Sein deserves credit for making that happen, but the hard work of reform has just begun.

A Cruel Clemency

Burma marks its Independence Day with an empty gesture from its government that only serves to underline the fact that the country is still far from free.

Human Rights in Burma: No Excuse for Delay

While institutional democratic reforms may take time in Burma, the end to human rights abuses takes only the political will of the nation’s leaders.

Time for Thein Sein to Prove the Skeptics Wrong

With the award of the 2014 Asean chair, the news that Hillary Clinton will visit Burma and the NLD’s decision to contest the upcoming polls, this was potentially a good week for Burma—but that depends on what President Thein Sein does now.

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bullet Asean Should Bide Its Time on Burma Getting Key Role
bullet The Oslo-Burma Connection
Commentaries

With Suu Kyi On Board, Is Burma Finally Moving Toward Real Change?

By ASIA SENTINEL
On a state visit to Singapore with a delegation of ministers and businesspeople earlier this week, Burmese President Thein Sein made his most explicit commitment to democratic reform and an overhaul of the country’s moribund economy and government infrastructure.

The ‘Rule of Law’ in Burma

By STEPHEN BLOOM
Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of Burma’s opposition forces now persistently call for the establishment of the “rule of law,” but what does the term mean for the country’s long-oppressed people?

New Doors are Opening in Burma

By AUNG ZAW
The release of Burma’s most prominent political prisoners has significantly increased the chances of the country moving towards reconciliation and democracy, as well as broadened the means of doing so.

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Contributors

Myanmar: On Claiming Success

By DAVID I. STEINBERG
Many in the international community are claiming credit for the progress in Burma. But perhaps foreigners should remember how marginal they really are.

Ceasefires Won't Bring Peace

By RIMOND HTOO
Burma's ethnic people should know better by now than to believe the country's government, says a Karenni leader.

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bullet For Real Peace in Karen State There Must Be a Political Solution
bullet Asean and Suu Kyi Must Work Together for the Good of Burma
bullet Flying to Burma
bullet In Memory of Václav Havel





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