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Living on a Gradient: A Glimpse on How Genetic Evolution shapes High-Altitude Tibetans’ Survival

Ascletis as the First Chinese Company to File Clinical Applications for Interferon-Free HCV Treatment

Anti-Cancer formulation derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine receives FDA’s approval for Phase III Clinical Trial

Kunming Institute of Zoology unveils the most diverse form of HIV-1 viral strain transmission at Burma Border

Chinese Biologists Find Duckweed to Tackle Water Pollution

A new publication in Science on the parvalbumin-positive excitatory visual pathway

Democratization studies now highlight potentially derailing problems such as warlike nationalism and violent ethnic conflict. In Myanmar, where ethnic tension runs deep, the risks are especially great. Political reformers should work with the grain of the military junta's planned 2010 general elections and pay close attention to nation building.

This article examines the internal dynamics of the Burmese military, focusing on struggles at the top level. It will explore the nature of and reasons for the struggles and assess the implications, especially for the current political impasse and possible changes in the future.

Burma's recent emergence as a significant regional exporter of natural gas brings with it the promise of transforming the country's finances. Redeeming this promise, however, will require wholesale reform of Burma's fiscal and financial arrangements. Such reforms are as yet not in prospect. This chapter explores the financial potential of Burma's gas exports, the danger that they could yield a “resource curse”, and the extent to which the state“s fiscal demands undermine the country's economic progress.

The question of whether Burma is becoming a “client state” of China is frequently raised in media and scholarly writings. Although Sinophobic military top brass in Burma have never trusted China's overpowering influence, and in recent years have tried to diversify and reduce dependence on its northeastern neighbor, China's political and diplomatic protection remains indispensable for the regime's survival. Burma may fancy indirectly balancing against China by reaching out to the new US administration. However, this would be difficult unless the U.S. abandons its long-standing demand for political reform in Burma. This paper explains a possible new trend in China's foreign policy toward Burma, which attempts to resolve tension between China's rising role with increasing international responsibilities and multiple interests and its irrelevant non- interference foreign policy. This newly modified policy is now put to the test as China has to respond to the military regime's harsh handling of ethnic minority groups along Sino-Burma border.