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Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Chaos in Thailand's Muslim South Muddy Waters In Thai Deep South -- ISN More shootings in Thailand’s troubled south show that no end is in sight for an often brutal insurgency, despite the army's 'hearts and minds' efforts, Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand’s...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Muddy Waters In Thai Deep South -- ISN More shootings in Thailand’s troubled south show that no end is in sight for an often brutal insurgency, despite the army's 'hearts and minds' efforts, Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand’s capital on 18 November that “things...
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IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
24 Nov 2009 More shootings in Thailand’s troubled south show that no end is in sight for an often brutal insurgency, despite the army's 'hearts and minds' efforts, Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. By Simon Roughneen in Bangkok for ISN Security Watch Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand’s...
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IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
5 Nov 2009 The US sends a high-level delegation to Burma in advance of President Barack Obama's ASEAN summit next week, but little progress is expected any time soon, Simon Roughneen comments for ISN Security Watch. By Simon Roughneen for ISN Security Watch A high-level US delegation visited Burma on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, meeting with Prime Minister General Thein...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
... part of an Asean or greater East Asian union, any more than it is part of the European Union" . Simon Roughneen, in an October 28 article for Asia Times Online, held that political and economic differences between ASEAN countries posed a significant obstacle to the formation of a bloc as well, since "such disparities go against the grain of economic integration experiences elsewhere,...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The rhetoric used at the latest summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations risks generating false expectations of the 10-member grouping developing into a nascent European Union. Certainly, progress was made on economic integration, but such issues as dealing with Myanmar remain unresolved, which sends a mixed message to the United States as it ponders its engagement in the region. - Simon...
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BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
By WAI MOE AND SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, October 24, 2009 CHA-AM, Thailand — The Burmese military government will consider relaxing Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest terms, if she “maintains a good attitude,” according to Japanese foreign ministry spokesperson Kazuo Kadama. Kadama gave what he termed “a brief summation” of remarks made by Burmese Prime...
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theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Excerpt from The Irrawaddy: Asean civil society delegates protest the exclusion of five delegates from a meeting with Asean heads of government. (Photo: Simon Roughneen) Sinapan Samdorai, the convenor of the Task Force on Asean Migrant Workers in Singapore, said his government refused to sanction his presence at the meeting. He told The Irrawaddy, “Singapore has adopted Asean’s...
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theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Excerpt from The Irrawaddy : Asean civil society delegates protest the exclusion of five delegates from a meeting with Asean heads of government. (Photo: Simon Roughneen) Sinapan Samdorai, the convenor of the Task Force on Asean Migrant Workers in Singapore, said his government refused to sanction his presence at the meeting. He told The Irrawaddy , “Singapore has adopted Asean’s lowest...
