Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Erdoğan’s Looming Downfall
...The year 2013 was supposed to be momentous for Turkey’s strongman, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Having established himself as the single most powerful Turkish politician since Kemal Atatürk,...
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The trouble with Myanmar’s census
...Earlier this month, Myanmar celebrated Union Day, a day that marks the signing of the 1947 Panglong Agreement which aimed to unify the country’s ethnic groups. With ceasefire agreements...
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Myanmar’s dams may be no show
...Myanmar’s hydropower potential will be a perilous process, as seen in the controversies surrounding current planned dams along the Salween River as well as the geopolitically fraught and suspended Myitsone...
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Harnessing Myanmar’s Hydropower and Negotiating Conflict
...As the country develops, Myanmar urgently needs to increase electricity generating capacity. In order to do so Naypyidaw must continue to develop the country’s hydropower sector if it hopes...
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Toward Crisis Management in East Asia’s Seas
...Maritime disputes in in the East and South China Seas escalated in 2013 and remain locked in a dangerous cycle of action and reaction with the attendant danger of...
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A Hint of Desperation: Erdoğan’s Crackdown on Free Speech
...Since Turkish prosecutors launched a major corruption probe targeting the government in December, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has focused his efforts to prevent the release and dissemination of...
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Security: Separating Fact from Fear
...actors. The author argues, however, that such concerns have been largely overblown and that Pakistan has undertaken commitments and measures to safeguard its arsenal, as was confirmed in last month’s...
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No Winners, Only Losers in Thailand’s Elections
...Anti-government protesters were successful in disrupting Thailand’s elections on Sunday, with only 89 percent of polling stations operating without disruption. Polling booths in the south of the country, where...
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Rape and Reform: India’s Changing Attitudes
...It has been just over a year since the Delhi rape case in which a female student was raped and died from her injuries. In its wake, massive protests...
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Sunday’s election in Thailand unlikely to bring reprieve
...After a three-hour meeting on Tuesday between the Election Commission (EC) and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the caretaker government has decided to press ahead with the general election scheduled...