Simonia Aida

Myanmar: 18 months of Thein Sein`s presidency

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2012, №18, 161-185

 
Annotation: The author states that 2011 and 2012 has been Myanmar’s most interesting and significant period in decades. It began like so many others—with little hope of real change, despite plans to transfer power to an ostensibly civilian government but ends with many being confident that the country is finally on the road to irreversible reforms. By-elections for 45 seats in the National Parliament really achieved three things: it granted the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi a seat in the Parliament, gave president Thein Sein and his reformist team significant international recognition and demonstrated that even with serious limitations, Myanmar was on the road to reform.

Keywords: REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR, PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN, THE PARLIAMENT BY-ELECTION, PRESIDENT’S INITIATIVES, THE USA, ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (NLD)