Once again, a grave humanitarian crisis draws attention to the virtues of calibrated, but constructive international diplomatic engagement, even with the most unsavory of characters. Eighteen days ago ...

Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, defended his visit to Myanmar last week and said that he's "deeply invested" in the Southeast Asian country, the Associated Press ...

David Dapice, associate professor of economics and chief economist at the Harvard Kennedy School's Myanmar Program, presented a lecture on economic development in Myanmar last night at 6:00 p.m. in ...

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As a puny winter sun settled over the morning Irrawaddy river, eight men stood up, smoothed their winter coats, brushing off crumbs of cake and errant cheroot ash, and one by one introduced themselves ...

Since the Myanmar military seized power on February 1, the Japanese government has expressed its “grave concerns” over the coup. It has called on the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, to ...

The Bush administration has imposed new sanctions on Myanmar, penalizing the military government. But the tough talk appears to have little influence. Real change may come only with the help of ...

A high-ranking defense official from Myanmar visited Beijing for talks this week. Vice Senior General Soe Win, Myanmar’s deputy commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces and army ...