• [Asia Times] Time to Engage the Burmese Generals?

  [In the last year, he has been to Burma six times and travelled extensively. He has seen profound changes and traditional barriers falling away. All the more case, Thant says, for a campaign to engage with the generals.
  
  "It was a narrow approach," he said. "We tried to further isolate the country as it was coming out of its own isolations. They built a wall around themselves in the 1960s and 70s, and then we built another wall around that." ]
  
  BP: His grandfather is former UN Sec-Gen U Thant.

  tags: Burma

  • In the last year, he has been to Burma six times and travelled extensively. He
    has seen profound changes and traditional barriers falling away. All the more
    case, Thant says, for a campaign to engage with the generals.

• [Reuters] Q+A: What is behind Thailand's mysterious insurgency?

  ["The insurgency is highly organized," said Anthony Davis, a security analyst for Jane's Information Group. "The secrecy is very effective, and militarily they've stuck with what they know best. They could keep this campaign going indefinitely."]
  
  BP: Some interesting quotes and analysis

  tags: insurgency

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