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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    82 : Myanmar: Effecting Positive Changes

    Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS

    26 August 2009

    For a long time now, there has been no good news coming out of Myanmar. On the contrary, the bad publicity associated with Myanmar has made the world even more wary of the iron-fisted sombre generals who govern the country. The artist, Andy Warhol, has said that everyone has 'his fifteen minutes' of fame. The generals in Myanmar are having theirs as well, but for the wrong reasons.