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A Canadian military turn to East Asia?
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax Canada has begun a gradual re-engagement with East Asia after over a decade’s hiatus. The driving force has been the establishment and intensification of economic...
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The uncertain future of Myanmar’s democratic reforms
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax John Blaxland recently acknowledged that return to military rule in Myanmar is becoming an increasingly marginal (but not impossible) prospect. The expected...
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What does Myanmar’s military want?
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax The transformation of Myanmar’s political system was completely designed and implemented by the previous military regime. But the military has by and large withdrawn...
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Achieving constitutional reform in Myanmar
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax The creation this summer of the 109-member Constitutional Review Joint Committee, tasked with submitting recommendations for possible amendments by years end, is the...
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Where is Myanmar going?
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax In 2013 President Sein’s government continued with their widespread — but not completely comprehensive — reform agenda, enacting important domestic changes alongside a...
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Balancing reform and justice in Myanmar
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax The reform agenda enacted by President Sein has been impressive on many fronts. The last three years signal he has a real desire to change major aspects of the state...
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Myanmar’s political landscape getting messy
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax For the past year constitutional reform has been a major political issue in Myanmar. Reform encapsulates far more than just getting those in uniform out of politics....
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The evolution of Sino–American competition in Myanmar
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax For decades, China has been Myanmar’s principal international partner. In the years preceding Myanmar’s opening up, China dominated Myanmar’s foreign discourse as an...
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Myanmar’s military: from menace to mediator
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax Reforms currently underway in Myanmar are often viewed as a thinly veiled attempt at disguising the military rule in its latest incarnation. While the military has...
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Will Myanmar’s military exit the political stage?
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax, Canada Over three million Burmese have signed a petition by Myanmar’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), urging immediate constitutional...
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Is the Myanmar regime splintering?
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax With one year remaining before Myanmar’s general election there is growing concern, both internationally and domestically, that the reform process is at best beginning...
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Only the military can reform Myanmar
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Canada Despite the widespread and rapid normalising of relations with Naypyidaw over the past three years, the US (and the West in general) has been reluctant to engage the...
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Myanmar’s military wrangle with a new political reality
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax A number of major issues threaten to degrade, if not entirely disrupt, Myanmar’s elections scheduled for November. These issues include ongoing fighting between the...
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An unsteady balance of power likely in Myanmar elections
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax Much uncertainty surrounds the lead up to and conduct of Myanmar’s upcoming legislative elections. The recent voting down of constitutional amendments in parliament —...
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Competition the litmus test for Myanmar’s upcoming election
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax Despite numerous concerns surrounding Myanmar’s upcoming election, the most important factor determining its success will be whether the electoral system becomes an...
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Myanmar’s precarious political prospects
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax The overwhelming victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar’s November 2015 parliamentary elections has fundamentally altered the political...
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Is China’s Arctic strategy really that chilling?
Author: Adam P. MacDonald As climatic and environmental changes increase the accessibility of the Arctic, opening up the possibility of shorter shipping lanes and the ability to tap into large natural...
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Has Trudeau struck a new tone for Sino–Canadian relations?
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s eight-day official visit to China in August 2016 was, by most accounts, full of substance and style. The Trudeau government...
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Myanmar’s ongoing great power balancing act
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax On 7 October 2016, President Barack Obama signed an executive order lifting most remaining economic sanctions on Myanmar. The move comes as the two states...
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Changing winds in Canada’s Asian engagement strategy?
Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax Ever since Washington unveiled its ‘rebalance’ strategy for the Asia Pacific, debate has emerged in Canada over the need for a similar ‘mini-pivot’ towards the region....
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