Andrew Selth
Biographic Data
| ID | 1224595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Selth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Selth |
| SIGNATURE | SELTH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 137 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Investigating an authoritarian intelligence apparatus: The case of Myanmar
There are many reports on [the] Directorate of Defence Services Intelligence (DDSI) and none of them portray the all pervasive influence of this organisation on all segments of society in Burma ... N
Spy Versus Spy: Myanmar’s Multiple Counterintelligence Challenges
Myanmar’s critical geostrategic position, vast economic potential and seemingly endless internal instability has meant that it has long been a target for foreign intelligence services. Most have been interested mainly in collecting data to inform policymaking, but some have engaged in clandestine operations designed to influence events or shape the strategic environment. This has posed a constant challenge to Myanmar’s counterintelligence authori…
The Defence Services
Between 1962 and 2011, Myanmar boasted the modern world&s;s most durable military dictatorship. The evolution of Myanmar society and demands for wider reforms will test the generals&s; willingness to permit further changes to their status and influence, and their ability to control developments. In terms of defence spending per capita, Myanmar still rates below most other regional countries, but the Tatmadaw has enjoyed a privileged position in N…
All Going According to Plan? The Armed Forces and Government in Myanmar
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs - Volume 40, Number 1, April 2018
Burma and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Three Unanswered Questions
Since 2000, bold claims have been made about Burma's ambition to acquire weapons of mass destruction, but few observers have asked two critical questions, the answers to which would illuminate this debate and allow for more nuanced analyses. These are: Why might Burma wish to possess nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles? and, How could it use them? A third question that has escaped serious attention is: If Burma did try to acquire WMD, what wou…
Burma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar
Burma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar Ian Holliday (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011/New York: Columbia University Press, 2012) Not surprisingly, give
Myanmar’s Police Forces: Coercion, Continuity and Change
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
Burma and North Korea: Conventional allies or nuclear partners
During the third quarter of 2009, there was a spate of reports in the news media and on the Internet accusing Burma and North Korea of engaging in a range of activities that potentially threatened regional security. It was claimed that the Naypyidaw regime had developed a close relationship with Pyongyang that included North Korea's sale to Burma of conventional weapons, assistance in the development of Burma's defence infrastructure and arms ind…
Myanmar's Nuclear Ambitions
Modern Burma Studies: A Survey of the Field
Burma has never been a popular subject for academic research but, since a massive pro-democracy uprising drew worldwide attention to the country in 1988, the number of scholars and students engaged in the field has grown considerably. However, they still face a number of major challenges. Along with other kinds of area studies, Burma studies have been accused by academics from the more 'scientific' disciplines of being too narrowly focused and la…
Burma, Hollywood and the politics of entertainment
For almost a century, movies about or set in Burma, particularly those made by the major American studios, have had certain elements in common. While emphasizing its more colourful and exotic characteristics, they have either romanticized the country or depicted it as a remote and untamed wilderness. Also, Burma has served as a backdrop for dramatic Occidental adventures, in which the local inhabitants played little role. More recent movies pay t…
Known Knowns and Known Unknowns: Measuring Myanmar’s Military Capabilities
As then US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stated in characteristic fashion, some security issues are easily researched and well understood, while others pose greater problems.Failure to recognize these "known knowns" and "known unknowns", or to acknowledge information gaps, can lead to misconceptions and errors of judgement.There are also mysteries -the "unknown unknowns".The study of Myanmar's armed forces (or Tatmadaw) is a case in point, ye…
Burma's ‘saffron revolution’ and the limits of international influence
The demonstrations in September 2007 were the most significant civil protests seen in Burma since the ill-fated pro-democracy uprising of 1988. The military government's brutal response to the latest unrest prompted an unprecedented level of diplomatic activity and a rare consensus on the need for political change. Since then, however, efforts to resolve the crisis have withered away, underlining the international community's inability over the p…
Even Paranoids Have Enemies: Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar ́ s Fears of Invasion
Most strategic analysts outside Myanmar dismiss an invasion of the country as a fantasy on the part of the military government, albeit one shared by some of its critics. In international relations, however, perceptions can be more important than objective facts. Fears of armed intervention by the United States, or a UN-endorsed coalition, have been strong influences on the ruling council's defence and foreign policies ever since the 1988 pro-demo…
Burma, China and the Myth of Military Bases
Since the advent of a new, more outward-looking military government in 1988, Burma has come to occupy a position of considerable importance in the Asia-Pacific strategic environment. Burma's burgeoning relationship with China has attracted particular attention, not least because of the stream of reports in the news media and, to a lesser extent, academic literature, claiming that China has established several naval bases and intelligence collecti…
Burma's Muslims and the War on Terror
Burma's importance in world affairs has long derived from its critical geostrategic position, but another factor now attracting the interest of Western scholars and officials is Burma's large Muslim population. Usually overlooked in surveys of Islam in the Asia-Pacific region, Burma's Muslims are now being accorded greater attention. This is partly because of the harsh treatment they are receiving at the hands of the country's military government…
Landmines in Burma: Forgotten Weapons in a Forgotten War
Since the signing of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty in Ottawa, considerable attention has been given to the problem of uncleared landmines around the world and the thousands of casualties they cause each year. Yet, in all the literature produced on this subject to date, and discussions of the problem in various international fora, mention is rarely made of Burma. This is despite the fact that anti-personnel (AP) landmines have been, and still are, bein…
The Burma navy under the SLORC
Before the creation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in 1988, the Burma Navy was small, ill-equipped and crippled by its dependence on foreign logistics. As a consequence, it was confined to patrolling Burma's inland waterways and coastal fringes. Also, the navy held only a token position in the military regime which, under various guises, had run the country since the 1962 coup. Yet the navy has always been, and remains, an…
Burma's defence expenditure and arms industries
(1998). Burma's defence expenditure and arms industries. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 23-49
The Myanmar Air Force Since 1988: Expansion and Modernization
The Myanmar Air Force Since 1988: Expansion and Modernization
Before the creation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in 1988, the Burma Air Force was small, ill equipped and crippled by its dependence on foreign logistics. It was hard-pressed to keep its aircraft flying, and could only perform a limited role in support of the army's counter insurgency operations. Yet, the air force has always been, and remains, an important factor in Myanmar's security. The dramatic growth of the (rename…
Burma and the strategic competition between China and India
1996). Burma and the strategic competition between China and India. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 213-230
Burma's military expansion program: Plans and perceptions
Film and video reviews
The Myanmar Army Since: Acquisitions and Adjustments
Burma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar
Burma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar Ian Holliday (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011/New York: Columbia University Press, 2012) Not surprisingly, give
Even Paranoids Have Enemies: Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar ́ s Fears of Invasion
Most strategic analysts outside Myanmar dismiss an invasion of the country as a fantasy on the part of the military government, albeit one shared by some of its critics. In international relations, however, perceptions can be more important than objective facts. Fears of armed intervention by the United States, or a UN-endorsed coalition, have been strong influences on the ruling council's defence and foreign policies ever since the 1988 pro-demo…
Race and Resistance in Burma, 1942-1945
The President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom ... respect the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live, and they wish to see sovereign rights restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them
Burma's ‘saffron revolution’ and the limits of international influence
The demonstrations in September 2007 were the most significant civil protests seen in Burma since the ill-fated pro-democracy uprising of 1988. The military government's brutal response to the latest unrest prompted an unprecedented level of diplomatic activity and a rare consensus on the need for political change. Since then, however, efforts to resolve the crisis have withered away, underlining the international community's inability over the p…
All Going According to Plan? The Armed Forces and Government in Myanmar
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs - Volume 40, Number 1, April 2018
Modern Burma Studies: A Survey of the Field
Burma has never been a popular subject for academic research but, since a massive pro-democracy uprising drew worldwide attention to the country in 1988, the number of scholars and students engaged in the field has grown considerably. However, they still face a number of major challenges. Along with other kinds of area studies, Burma studies have been accused by academics from the more 'scientific' disciplines of being too narrowly focused and la…
Known Knowns and Known Unknowns: Measuring Myanmar’s Military Capabilities
As then US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stated in characteristic fashion, some security issues are easily researched and well understood, while others pose greater problems.Failure to recognize these "known knowns" and "known unknowns", or to acknowledge information gaps, can lead to misconceptions and errors of judgement.There are also mysteries -the "unknown unknowns".The study of Myanmar's armed forces (or Tatmadaw) is a case in point, ye…
Burma, China and the Myth of Military Bases
Since the advent of a new, more outward-looking military government in 1988, Burma has come to occupy a position of considerable importance in the Asia-Pacific strategic environment. Burma's burgeoning relationship with China has attracted particular attention, not least because of the stream of reports in the news media and, to a lesser extent, academic literature, claiming that China has established several naval bases and intelligence collecti…
Burma's Muslims and the War on Terror
Burma's importance in world affairs has long derived from its critical geostrategic position, but another factor now attracting the interest of Western scholars and officials is Burma's large Muslim population. Usually overlooked in surveys of Islam in the Asia-Pacific region, Burma's Muslims are now being accorded greater attention. This is partly because of the harsh treatment they are receiving at the hands of the country's military government…
Burma and the strategic competition between China and India
1996). Burma and the strategic competition between China and India. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 213-230
Myanmar’s Police Forces: Coercion, Continuity and Change
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
Ireland and insurgency: The lessons of history
Burma's defence expenditure and arms industries
(1998). Burma's defence expenditure and arms industries. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 23-49
The Burma navy under the SLORC
Before the creation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in 1988, the Burma Navy was small, ill-equipped and crippled by its dependence on foreign logistics. As a consequence, it was confined to patrolling Burma's inland waterways and coastal fringes. Also, the navy held only a token position in the military regime which, under various guises, had run the country since the 1962 coup. Yet the navy has always been, and remains, an…
Burma's military expansion program: Plans and perceptions
Australian Defence Contacts with Burma, 1945-1987
To most Australians, Burma is still associated with the Second World War, and in particular the infamous 'death railway' from Thailand. In May 1942 some 3,000 Australian prisoners of war (POWs) were sent from Singapore, to provide labour for the construction of an airfield at Tavoy. They were subsequently joined by another 1,800 or so Australians from Java, making a total in southern Burma of 4,851 men. Together with other Allied prisoners and Bu…
Against Every Human Law: The Terrorist Threat to Diplomacy
Over the past fifteen years, terrorism has become a subject for academic debate in much the same way that guerrilla warfare was popular with scholars in the 1950s and 1960s. A great many books and articles have been written on terrorism since the problem assumed renewed importance around 1968. Some of these studies have approached the subject from an historical perspective. Others have concentrated on the challenges posed to liberal states or hav…
Ancestors and ideologues: Confucianism and communism in Korea
Roger L. Janelli & Dawnhee Yim Janelli, Ancestor Worship and Korean Society, Stanford U.P., Stanford, 1982. 228 pp, preface, introduction, diagrams, illustrations, bibliography, character list, index. Cloth: US$25. Paper: n.p.g. Dae–sook Suh, Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System, University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1981. 592 pp, preface, tables, indexes. Cloth: US$35
Briefly noted
Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, Daun–Daun Kemarau, Penerbitan Tra–Tra, Subang Jaya, 1982. 217 pp. John Ball, Indonesian Legal History 1602–1848. Oughtershaw Press, Sydney, 1982. viii + 300 pp. Preface, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth: $32. Patrica Herbert, The Hsaya San Rebellion (1930–1932) Reappraised, Working Paper no.27, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, 1982. 16 pp. Notes. Paper: $1.50. Peter Lum, My Own Pair of Win…
Nuclear Strategic Superiority: Rhetoric or Reality
What in the name of God is strategic superiority? What is the significance of it politically, militarily, operationally, at these levels of numbers? What do you do with it?Henry Kissinger (1974)
Race and Resistance in Burma, 1942-1945
The President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom ... respect the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live, and they wish to see sovereign rights restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them
International terrorism and the challenge to diplomacy
(1987). International terrorism and the challenge to diplomacy. Terrorism: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 103-112
Against Every Human Law: The Terrorist Threat to Diplomacy
Over the past fifteen years, terrorism has become a subject for academic debate in much the same way that guerrilla warfare was popular with scholars in the 1950s and 1960s. A great many books and articles have been written on terrorism since the problem assumed renewed importance around 1968. Some of these studies have approached the subject from an historical perspective. Others have concentrated on the challenges posed to liberal states or hav…
Bertil Lintner and the state of Burmese studies
Bertil Lintner. Land of Jade: A Journey Through Insurgent Burma. Edinburgh: Kiscadale Publications, 1990; Bangkok: White Lotus, 1990. Pp. xvii, 315. £12.50, paper. Bertil Lintner. The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB). Ithaca, New York: SEAP, Cornell University, 1990. Pp. xii, 111. Contents, introduction, biographies, appendices, abbreviations, illustrations, maps. US$10.00, paper. Bertil Lintner. Outrage: Burma's Struggle for D…
Ireland and insurgency: The lessons of history
Southeast Asia
Politically motivated violence in the southwest pacific
Over the past 20 years the Southwest Pacific has been changing and there is now considerable scope for unrest within the states and territories of the region. Some of these tensions have already been manifested in politically motivated violence, for example in Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji. Those incidents which have occurred to date have stemmed from local issues and been directed against local targets, but an increase in …
Australian Defence Contacts with Burma, 1945-1987
To most Australians, Burma is still associated with the Second World War, and in particular the infamous 'death railway' from Thailand. In May 1942 some 3,000 Australian prisoners of war (POWs) were sent from Singapore, to provide labour for the construction of an airfield at Tavoy. They were subsequently joined by another 1,800 or so Australians from Java, making a total in southern Burma of 4,851 men. Together with other Allied prisoners and Bu…
Film and video reviews
The Myanmar Army Since: Acquisitions and Adjustments
The Myanmar Army Since: Acquisitions and Adjustments
Burma and the strategic competition between China and India
1996). Burma and the strategic competition between China and India. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 213-230
Burma's military expansion program: Plans and perceptions
Burma's defence expenditure and arms industries
(1998). Burma's defence expenditure and arms industries. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 23-49
The Myanmar Air Force Since 1988: Expansion and Modernization
The Myanmar Air Force Since 1988: Expansion and Modernization
Before the creation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in 1988, the Burma Air Force was small, ill equipped and crippled by its dependence on foreign logistics. It was hard-pressed to keep its aircraft flying, and could only perform a limited role in support of the army's counter insurgency operations. Yet, the air force has always been, and remains, an important factor in Myanmar's security. The dramatic growth of the (rename…
The Burma navy under the SLORC
Before the creation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in 1988, the Burma Navy was small, ill-equipped and crippled by its dependence on foreign logistics. As a consequence, it was confined to patrolling Burma's inland waterways and coastal fringes. Also, the navy held only a token position in the military regime which, under various guises, had run the country since the 1962 coup. Yet the navy has always been, and remains, an…
Landmines in Burma: Forgotten Weapons in a Forgotten War
Since the signing of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty in Ottawa, considerable attention has been given to the problem of uncleared landmines around the world and the thousands of casualties they cause each year. Yet, in all the literature produced on this subject to date, and discussions of the problem in various international fora, mention is rarely made of Burma. This is despite the fact that anti-personnel (AP) landmines have been, and still are, bein…
Burma's Muslims and the War on Terror
Burma's importance in world affairs has long derived from its critical geostrategic position, but another factor now attracting the interest of Western scholars and officials is Burma's large Muslim population. Usually overlooked in surveys of Islam in the Asia-Pacific region, Burma's Muslims are now being accorded greater attention. This is partly because of the harsh treatment they are receiving at the hands of the country's military government…
Burma, China and the Myth of Military Bases
Since the advent of a new, more outward-looking military government in 1988, Burma has come to occupy a position of considerable importance in the Asia-Pacific strategic environment. Burma's burgeoning relationship with China has attracted particular attention, not least because of the stream of reports in the news media and, to a lesser extent, academic literature, claiming that China has established several naval bases and intelligence collecti…
Burma's ‘saffron revolution’ and the limits of international influence
The demonstrations in September 2007 were the most significant civil protests seen in Burma since the ill-fated pro-democracy uprising of 1988. The military government's brutal response to the latest unrest prompted an unprecedented level of diplomatic activity and a rare consensus on the need for political change. Since then, however, efforts to resolve the crisis have withered away, underlining the international community's inability over the p…
Even Paranoids Have Enemies: Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar ́ s Fears of Invasion
Most strategic analysts outside Myanmar dismiss an invasion of the country as a fantasy on the part of the military government, albeit one shared by some of its critics. In international relations, however, perceptions can be more important than objective facts. Fears of armed intervention by the United States, or a UN-endorsed coalition, have been strong influences on the ruling council's defence and foreign policies ever since the 1988 pro-demo…
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