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Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Policy toward Burma/Myanmar

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
No living foreigner has shaped contemporary U.S. attitudes toward a single country more than Aung San Suu Kyi. As the seemingly vulnerable international avatar of democracy, she has effectively determined the parameters of possible U.S.
David I. Steinberg
doaj   +1 more source

BEYOND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS: Small‐Scale Land Speculation and Displacement in Peri‐Urban Myanmar

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Land speculation is a significant factor contributing to the displacement of poor populations in global South cities. While extensive research has examined how urban expansion increases land values—primarily focusing on state‐led or real estate development projects—it often neglects the speculative and displacement dynamics occurring in ...
Francesca Chiu
wiley   +1 more source

BURMA’DAN MYANMAR’A ARAKAN’DA ROHİNGYA MÜSLÜMANLARI

open access: yesİstem, 2017
Uzun zaman boyunca Burma Birliği olarak bilinen ancak 1989’da Myanmar Birliği olarak adı değiştirilen ülke, 1962’den 2011’e kadar Tatmadaw olarak adlandırılan askeri dikta ile yönetilmiştir.
Ahmet Ateş
doaj  

Overcoming the State Centred Theory of International Sanctions: Non-State Actors’ Strategies towards the Implementation of International Sanctions [PDF]

open access: yesCentral European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2014
In this article I argue that non-state actors (NSAs) can play an important role in international sanctions politics, which has been underestimated due to the state-centred view of international sanctions theory. Even though NSAs do not have access to the
Sina Kowalewski
doaj  

Initiations in the Burmese Ritual Landscape

open access: yesJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2017
In Buddhist Burma, a variety of ritual has been found pertaining to quite differentiated aspects of religion. This rich ritual landscape remains under-examined due partly to the Buddhist-studies bias of most of the scholars looking at religion in Burma ...
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière
doaj   +1 more source

Indian Days and Burmese Nights: Flying Beaufighters in Southeast Asia with 177 RAF Squadron [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This narrative is part of a longer one of personal reminiscences of my experiences in the RCAF during the Second World War and only concerns my operational tour flying Beaufighters with 177 Squadron, Royal Air Force, in Southeast Asia from early March ...
Brown, A. Sutherland
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A Flight Back to Ground: Jung’s Recalcitrant Fourth as Rape into Consciousness. Symbolic Rape and Literal Rape in Persephone’s Myth

open access: yesJournal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Patricia Berry’s interpretation of the Demeter/Persephone myth, and her concept of rape into consciousness, illuminate intrapsychic dynamics. However, this symbolic lens may inadvertently distance us from the devastating nature of literal rape—a reality the Homeric Hymn encapsulates.
Barbara Cerminara
wiley   +1 more source

High migratory potential of fall armyworm in West Africa despite stable temperatures and widely available year‐round habitats

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Despite the minimal annual temperature variation and the widespread distribution of potential year‐round habitats in Ghana, the migratory potential of the local fall armyworm remains strong and is indistinguishable from that of the fall armyworm in China, which undergo seasonal migration.
Fan‐Qi Gao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cretaceous lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
We report three ca. 100 million‐year‐old lacewing larvae with extraordinarily large stemmata. One of them additionally has a very wide head, which represents a previously unknown morphology. The arrangement of the stemmata indicates stereoscopic vision in these predatory larvae.
Carolin Haug   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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