Joshua Kurlantzick

Joshua Kurlantzick is fellow for South-East Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Letter

Trouble in Burma

19 August 2010

Joshua Kurlantzick writes: Elliott Prasse-Freeman seems to be out of touch with developments in Burma. Not only are some of the ethnic minority armies still powerful, but the junta has recently upped the stakes, issuing them with an ultimatum โ€“ not for the first time โ€“ to join its border guard. The most powerful ethnic army, the United Wa State Army, has refused โ€“ also not for the first time...

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