Larry Jagan

The writer is a specialist on Myanmar and a former BBC World Service New Editor for the region.

Will Aung San Suu Kyi be Myanmar's next president?

SPECULATION is continuing to mount, amid stony silence from the leaders of the future government, the National League for

8y ago

Myanmar's icon will become president

What is needed is for Suu Kyi to sit down with the top three men in the government and map out the transfer of power.

9y ago

A misguided election campaign

Fear of angering the Buddhist nationalists – especially the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, which is better known by its Myanmar-language acronym Ma Ba Tha, which includes the outspoken monk Ashin Wirathu – convinced the party's leaders to exclude Muslims from their constituency list.

9y ago

Myanmar president's palace coup

MYANMAR'S president Thein Sein has launched a palace coup within the ruling party to shore up his support and end the presidential hopes of his rival, the speaker of the lower house Thura Shwe Mann. It also comes immediately after a massive shakeup in the army

9y ago

Myanmar's army chief set to stand down

One of Soe Win's key priorities will be to make sure the army maintains its prominent role in the country's politics, including protecting the 25 percent quota of seats the army automatically has in the parliament, under the 2008 constitution.

9y ago
February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016

Will Aung San Suu Kyi be Myanmar's next president?

SPECULATION is continuing to mount, amid stony silence from the leaders of the future government, the National League for

November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015

Myanmar's icon will become president

What is needed is for Suu Kyi to sit down with the top three men in the government and map out the transfer of power.

September 5, 2015
September 5, 2015

A misguided election campaign

Fear of angering the Buddhist nationalists – especially the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, which is better known by its Myanmar-language acronym Ma Ba Tha, which includes the outspoken monk Ashin Wirathu – convinced the party's leaders to exclude Muslims from their constituency list.

August 16, 2015
August 16, 2015

Myanmar president's palace coup

MYANMAR'S president Thein Sein has launched a palace coup within the ruling party to shore up his support and end the presidential hopes of his rival, the speaker of the lower house Thura Shwe Mann. It also comes immediately after a massive shakeup in the army

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

Myanmar's army chief set to stand down

One of Soe Win's key priorities will be to make sure the army maintains its prominent role in the country's politics, including protecting the 25 percent quota of seats the army automatically has in the parliament, under the 2008 constitution.