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Bertil Lintner

Bertil Lintner

One year on in Myanmar, is Suu Kyi’s halo slipping?

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of the landmark elections last year. One year on, a bitter reality is setting in. Photo: AFP
12 Nov 2016 - 12:00PMvideocam

What Myanmar stands to gain – and Thailand lose – from a President Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2011. The pair are close friends. Photo: AP
23 Oct 2016 - 6:02PMvideocam

Why US is no match for China’s carrot and stick in Myanmar

A Wa soldier drinks water from his comrade’s bottle. The United Wa State Army (UWSA) is Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed force – and is supplied by Chinese arms dealers. Photo: AP
17 Sep 2016 - 10:01AM

Why it’s Suu Kyi’s turn to mend fences with China

As Myanmar’s military distances itself from patronage of its giant neighbour, Beijing hopes democracy icon will repay its subtle courting by mending fences on her current China visit
28 Sep 2016 - 1:27PM
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