The new edition of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs is a special edition on Burma. It includes research articles by Stephen Hull, Inge Brees, and Susan Banki. The articles in this special edition will be of interest to anyone concerned about Burma’s refugees, and, in particular, the varied ways that conflict, politics, humanitarianism, and migration impact their lives.
The journal is available here (free-of-charge, and accessible to all — I might add).
It is also worth noting that during New Mandala’s Four Letter Words series back in 2008, Stephen (Help) and Susan (Kilt) both made interesting contributions. Those are also well worth a look.
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1 michael // Aug 8, 2009 at 3:11 am
Thanks Nich. I’ve only had time to read the Susan Banki article, which leads one to question, once again, the validity of international sanctions:
“This article does not attempt to establish direct causal links between the withdrawal of aid and the increase in regime-reinforcing phenomena in Burma, but it does argue that in the presence of larger political and economic factors, the withdrawal of aid had little effect on the strength of the Burmese regime. The article also demonstrated that refugee flows were little affected by the withdrawal of aid, but increased due to the crackdown that preceded the withdrawal of large amounts of aid. “
2 Dylan Grey // Aug 10, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Anyone interested in migration and refugee issues in Burma/Myanmar should definitely take a look at Stephen Hull’s paper. I haven’t read this published version, but a previous version which was presented at the Burma Studies conference in Illinois in 2008. I’m unsure if much was changed. An interesting contribution from this article is the concept of ‘migration AS protection’ in the Myanmar context.
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