Amitav Acharya, could Burma turn a corner in 2025? (Lunchtime book talk)
Schedule
Fri, 24 Jan, 2025 at 12:15 pm
UTC+07:00Location
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT | Bangkok, BM
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In 2023, Amitav Acharya published the book, “Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed” (Penguin Random House) in which he explored events leading up to and following the military coup of February 2021 in Myanmar. In this lunchtime talk, he will draw on his extensive research and update his reflections, based on recent developments.Among key issues are rapidly changing perceptions of the country’s prospects, especially the military regime’s position and the continuing evolution of resistance forces; the prospective “elections”; and the role of ASEAN as well as Asian and Western powers, including China, India and the US.
He will also discuss the regime’s plan for elections later this year and its likely intent to claim that a poll, no matter how flawed, fulfils its promise of “a free and fair multiparty general election,” as announced by the regime when it seized power.
Acharya is a distinguished professor and UNESCO chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. He is chair of the ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Studies Initiative (ASI) at American University. Another recent work is “ASEAN and Regional Order: Revisiting Security Community in Southeast Asia,” (Routledge 2021).
Join us for this lunchtime talk and accompanying Q&A session.
Speaker: Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington DC.
Moderator: Gwen Robinson, past president, FCCT.
Members who wish to book in advance should email [email protected] or call the FCCT office on 02-652-0580.
Non-members can use this link: https://www.ticketmelon.com/fccthai/amitav-acharya-could-burma-turn-a-corner-in-2025
Members free, non-members 250 baht.
Bar and restaurant open. A full lunch menu will be available.
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Where is it happening?
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT, มาย ออฟฟิศ เอ-เพย์ ประเทศไทย, ถนน เพลินจิต, ปทุมวัน, กรุงเทพมหานคร, กรุงเทพมหานคร 10330, ประเทศไทย,Bangkok, ThailandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
