Myanmar

Indonesia's strategic location makes it a critical element in U.S. efforts to revive and strengthen relations with Southeast Asia. [more]

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Myanmar with the hopes of strengthening China's position in Southeast Asia. [more]

Tokyo has pledged $5.5 billion in aid to Southeast Asia's Mekong River region. [more]

U.S. engagement in Myanmar could have unintended consequences for U.S.-Chinese relations. [more]

Washington will change its current policy toward Myanmar. [more]

The global economic crisis has prompted the creation of an Asia crisis fund, designed to bulk up and eventually supplant the Chiang Mai Initiative. [more]

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will see much activity regarding bilateral trade agreements by December. [more]

Virtually every country has organized crime. Geography, infrastructure and the strength of the government determine how pervasive it will be. [more]

The following are internal Stratfor documents produced to provide high-level guidance to our analysts. These documents are not forecasts, but rather a series of guidelines for understanding and evaluating events, as well as suggestions on areas for focus. [more]

The Cyclone Nargis crisis will not topple Myanmar's military regime, nor force it to open its doors en masse to foreign aid workers. [more]

Myanmar's increasingly confident military regime has barred imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in the proposed 2010 elections. [more]

Much like Sudan's Darfur crisis, Myanmar's ongoing unrest is serving as ammunition for the "Beijing Genocide Olympics" critics, but China is unlikely to cease support for Myanmar's military regime. [more]

Myanmarese dissidents in India said Sept. 28 that additional troops have been deployed toward Yangon, a day after troops killed five civilians and four monks in the former capital. [more]

A series of small explosions occurred in central Yangon, Myanmar, on April 20, damaging some... [more]

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Eminent Persons Group are meeting... [more]

Myanmarese Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win will pay a state visit to China on Feb. 14-18. The trip... [more]

More than 100 tons of commercial-grade explosives being transported aboard the Honduran-flagged... [more]

As China's leadership prepares to implement a new five-year plan calling for the harmonization of... [more]

Reports surfaced Aug. 26 that Gen. Than Shwe, leader of the State Peace and Development Council... [more]

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Aug. 2 announced a reshuffle of 17 Cabinet-level... [more]