Inflection EP03: Myanmar & Aung San Suu Kyi’s Foreigner Handlers

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

This week we continue discussing the political crisis-now armed conflict in Myanmar and take a deeper look at Aung San Suu Kyi’s foreign advisers looking for clues as to the real reason Myanmar’s military might have believed it was necessary to take power in February.

News:

Sputnik – Hong Kong Electoral Reform Officially Enters Into Force:
https://sputniknews.com/asia/202105311083039360-hong-kong-electoral-reform-officially-enters-into-force/

National Endowment for Democracy – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY NAMES DAMON WILSON AS NEW PRESIDENT:
https://www.ned.org/national-endowment-for-democracy-names-new-president-damon-wilson/

Main Topic:

Sean Turnell

Burma Campaign UK – FAILING THE PEOPLE OF BURMA? A call for a review of DFID policy on Burma:
https://burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/DFIDReview.pdf

The Irrawaddy – George Soros Gets Down to Business With 88 Generation Leaders:
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/george-soros-gets-down-to-business-with-88-generation-leaders.html

Channel News Asia – Myanmar detains Australian adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi; first known arrest of foreign national since coup:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/myanmar-coup-australian-adviser-aung-san-suu-kyi-detained-14126558

KWR International – Conversation with Dr. Sean Turnell, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Macquarie University and Economic Advisor, National League for Democracy:
http://kwrintl.com/library/2015/turnellinterview.html

Asia Society – Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma/Myanmar: Options For U.S. Policy:
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/68fa289a-b8d9-4811-8a08-f9f7a10dc948/task-force-report_0.pdf

Myanmar Development Institute – The Team:
http://www.mdi.org.mm/members/research

DVB – Sean Turnell: ‘The US is angry’:
http://english.dvb.no/interview/sean-turnell-the-us-is-angry/8550

Bloomberg – China’s $7.5 Billion Myanmar Port `Crazy,’ Suu Kyi Adviser Says
https://www.bloombergquint.com/china/china-s-7-5-billion-myanmar-port-crazy-suu-kyi-adviser-says

MDI – Myanmar Development Institute Receives USAID Funding (via Twitter):
https://twitter.com/mdi_myanmar/status/1075670530936659968

Joseph Fisher

Frontier Myanmar – 2016’s most influential people:
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/2016s-most-influential-people/

Myanmar Times – ‘British spy’ claim in smear campaign against NLD leader:
https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/16500-british-spy-claim-in-smear-campaign-against-nld-leader.html

Inter-Mediate – Joseph Fisher:
http://www.inter-mediate.org/joseph_fisher.html

Inter-Mediate – About Us:
http://www.inter-mediate.org/?about_us.html

USAID – Aung San Suu Kyi Addressing the USAID Frontiers in Development:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWz0V82TMak

USAID – FRONTIERS – AUNG SAN SUU KYI:
https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/videos/frontiers-aung-san-suu-kyi?page=107

USAID – FRONTIERS IN DEVELOPMENT 2014:
https://www.usaid.gov/frontiers

US Embassy in Burma – USAID Launches Programs Worth $72 Million to Strengthen Civil Society, the Media, and Local Communities:
https://mm.usembassy.gov/usaid-launches-programs-to-strengthen-civil-society-the-media-and-local-communities/

Robert San Pe

Frontier Myanmar – 2016’s most influential people:
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/2016s-most-influential-people/

Frontier Myanmar – Robert San Pe: The way forward on resolving commercial disputes:
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/robert-san-pe-the-way-forward-on-resolving-commercial-disputes/

International Bar Association – Robert San Pe on Myanmar’s futureRobert San Pe on Myanmar’s future:
https://vimeo.com/122624512

Arbitration Chambers – Robert San Pe:
https://arbchambers.com/arbitrators/robert-s-pe?lang=en

International Chamber of Commerce – Belt and Road Commission:
https://iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/belt-road-dispute-resolution/belt-and-road-commission/

US White House Archives – U.S. Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific (pages 9-10):
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IPS-Final-Declass.pdf