TRAGIC NATION BURMA: Why and how democracy failed

About Amitav Acharya

Amitav Acharya Distinguished Professor and the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance School of International Service American University Washington DC. His major works on Southeast Asia include- The Quest for Identity- International Relations of Southeast Asia (Oxford 2000); Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia- ASEAN and the Problems of Regional Order 3 edns. (Routledge 2001 2002 2014) Whose Ideas Matter- Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism (Cornell and ISEAS 2009); Civilizations in Embrace- The Spread of Ideas and the Transformation of Power (Singapore- ISEAS 2012); The Making of Southeast Asia (Cornell and ISEAS 2013); and East of India South of China- Sino-Indian Encounters in Southeast Asia (Oxford 2017). His articles and op-eds have appeared in International Organization International Security International Studies Quarterly International Affairs World Politics Financial Times Foreign Affairs Washington Post International Herald Tribune/ Global New York Times Times of India Australian Financial Review and YaleGlobal Online. He has been interviewed by BBC CNN CNBC and National Public Radio (NPR) and other world media.