Donald M Seekins
Biographic Data
| ID | 251073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald M Seekins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald M |
| FAMILY NAME | Seekins |
| SIGNATURE | SEEKINS D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Meio University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
China and the February 1, 2021 Coup d'Etat in Burma
Despite its oft-stated commitment to non-interference in the domestic affairs of foreign countries, the People's Republic of China has intervened on many levels in Burma's conflict-ridden society, both before and after 1988. It is in 2021 Burma's largest economic partner in terms of trade, aid and investment, and has fit Burma into its continent- and ocean-spanning One Belt/One Road Initiative. In chronically unstable border areas, it has a major…
The February 1, 2021 Coup d'Etat in Burma
The Army-State, which had ruled Burma with an iron fist between Ne Win's March 1962 coup d'état and the initiation of a hybrid civilian-military government after the General Election of November 2010 and the convening of the Union Parliament (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) in early 2011, has been resurrected. Burma's "transition" to democracy is finished, despite the promises of the new junta's leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, to hold new elections i…
The Dictionary
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Burma (Myanmar) is a Southeast Asian country that is emerging from crisis after more than a half century of hard-line military rule and cultural, diplomatic and economic isolation. With the dissolution of its military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, in 2011, a formally civilian but military-dominated constitutional government was inaugurated. By 2012, Burma’s president, retired General Thein Sein, had established a working relati…
Japan's Development Ambitions for Myanmar
Myanmar and Japan have had an important shared history since the Pacific War, when Japan occupied the British colony of Burma and established the country's first postcolonial state and army. The period from 1941 to 1945 also witnessed the “militarization” of Myanmar as the country was turned into a battlefield by the Japanese, the Allies and indigenous insurgents. After independence from Britain in 1948, the Union of Burma continued to suffer ins…
Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon
State and Society in Modern Rangoon
While most of Asia’s major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma’s former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage and devotion since the early second millennium C.E. that continues to play a major role in national life. In 1852, the British occupied Ran…
Myanmar in 2009
The appearance of an unwanted visitor in Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside compound in Yangon gave the SPDC military regime a pretext to extend her house arrest, while the refusal of major armed groups in the border areas to accept subordination under the Tatmadaw (armed forces) central command posed serious problems for Myanmar's future stability
Runaway chickens’ and Myanmar identity
In terms of its landscape, design, and central location within the country, Burma’s (Myanmar’s) new capital of Naypyidaw, established in 2005, reflects the aspirations of its founder, Senior General Than Shwe, head of the State Peace and Development Council military junta. His goals have been not only to enhance state security through the new capital’s central location and relative isolation, but also to construct a new ‘Myanmar identity’ based o…
State, Society and Natural Disaster
Myanmar in 2008
Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's Irrawaddy Delta on May 2–3, 2008, and claimed as many as 140,000 victims, the largest natural disaster in the country's history. However, the State Peace and Development Council proceeded with a referendum on a new constitution on May 10 and 24, which it claimed was approved by an overwhelming majority of voters
The Social, Political and Humanitarian Impact of Burma's Cyclone Nargis
This report provides background information and analysis concerning the humanitarian crisis caused by Cyclone Nargis when it passed through the densely populated Irrawaddy Delta and Burma's largest city Rangoon (Yangon) on May 2-3, 2008. One of the largest natural disasters in recent history, it caused the death of as many as 130,000 people (the official figure on May 16 was 78,000) and resulted in between one and two million people losing their …
The Geopolitics and Economics of Burma's Military Regime, 1962-2007. Understanding SPDC Tyranny
Is anything new under the sun in military-ruled Burma? On August 15, 2007, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) military junta ordered a cut in subsidies for gasoline products, resulting in a 100 percent price increase for diesel oil and as much as 500 percent for compressed natural gas. The decree was unexpected, and imposed great hardship on people whose standard of living was already precarious. Public transport became unaffordable, …
Burma and U.S. Sanctions
Sanctions imposed by the U.S. government against Burma in July 2003 have caused hardship for ordinary Burmese people without significantly impacting the State Peace and Development Council military regime. A new approach is needed in dealing with Burma that recognizes the shortcomings of both sanctions and “constructive engagement.”
The State and the City
modern Southeast and East Asia, cities are most often initial point of impact between forces of state and society. Rangoon (Yangon) , capital of Union of Burma (Myanmar) and its largest city, is a place with many coexisting and conflicting identities. As such, it offers a subject of study with rich opportunities for understanding interaction between military regime and Burmese society in period since State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC…
Myanmar
Burma in 1999
Research Article| January 01 2000 Burma in 1999: A Slim Hope Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2000) 40 (1): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/3021216 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
Burma in 1998
Research Article| January 01 1999 Burma in 1998: Little to Celebrate Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (1): 12–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645589 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Donald …
Burma-China Relations
Research Article| June 01 1997 Burma-China Relations: Playing with Fire Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1997) 37 (6): 525–539. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645527 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search …
Japan's Aid Relations with Military Regimes in Burma, 1962-1991
Research Article| March 01 1992 Japan's Aid Relations with Military Regimes in Burma, 1962-1991: The Kokunaika Process Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (3): 246–262. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644937 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Ic…
Burma and U.S. Sanctions
Sanctions imposed by the U.S. government against Burma in July 2003 have caused hardship for ordinary Burmese people without significantly impacting the State Peace and Development Council military regime. A new approach is needed in dealing with Burma that recognizes the shortcomings of both sanctions and “constructive engagement.”
The State and the City
modern Southeast and East Asia, cities are most often initial point of impact between forces of state and society. Rangoon (Yangon) , capital of Union of Burma (Myanmar) and its largest city, is a place with many coexisting and conflicting identities. As such, it offers a subject of study with rich opportunities for understanding interaction between military regime and Burmese society in period since State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC…
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Burma (Myanmar) is a Southeast Asian country that is emerging from crisis after more than a half century of hard-line military rule and cultural, diplomatic and economic isolation. With the dissolution of its military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, in 2011, a formally civilian but military-dominated constitutional government was inaugurated. By 2012, Burma’s president, retired General Thein Sein, had established a working relati…
State, Society and Natural Disaster
Burma-China Relations
Research Article| June 01 1997 Burma-China Relations: Playing with Fire Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1997) 37 (6): 525–539. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645527 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search …
Japan's Aid Relations with Military Regimes in Burma, 1962-1991
Research Article| March 01 1992 Japan's Aid Relations with Military Regimes in Burma, 1962-1991: The Kokunaika Process Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (3): 246–262. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644937 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Ic…
Runaway chickens’ and Myanmar identity
In terms of its landscape, design, and central location within the country, Burma’s (Myanmar’s) new capital of Naypyidaw, established in 2005, reflects the aspirations of its founder, Senior General Than Shwe, head of the State Peace and Development Council military junta. His goals have been not only to enhance state security through the new capital’s central location and relative isolation, but also to construct a new ‘Myanmar identity’ based o…
Myanmar in 2008
Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's Irrawaddy Delta on May 2–3, 2008, and claimed as many as 140,000 victims, the largest natural disaster in the country's history. However, the State Peace and Development Council proceeded with a referendum on a new constitution on May 10 and 24, which it claimed was approved by an overwhelming majority of voters
Japan's Development Ambitions for Myanmar
Myanmar and Japan have had an important shared history since the Pacific War, when Japan occupied the British colony of Burma and established the country's first postcolonial state and army. The period from 1941 to 1945 also witnessed the “militarization” of Myanmar as the country was turned into a battlefield by the Japanese, the Allies and indigenous insurgents. After independence from Britain in 1948, the Union of Burma continued to suffer ins…
Burma in 1999
Research Article| January 01 2000 Burma in 1999: A Slim Hope Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2000) 40 (1): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/3021216 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
Burma in 1998
Research Article| January 01 1999 Burma in 1998: Little to Celebrate Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (1): 12–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645589 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Donald …
Japan's Aid Relations with Military Regimes in Burma, 1962-1991
Research Article| March 01 1992 Japan's Aid Relations with Military Regimes in Burma, 1962-1991: The Kokunaika Process Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (3): 246–262. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644937 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Ic…
Burma-China Relations
Research Article| June 01 1997 Burma-China Relations: Playing with Fire Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1997) 37 (6): 525–539. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645527 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search …
Burma in 1998
Research Article| January 01 1999 Burma in 1998: Little to Celebrate Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (1): 12–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645589 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Donald …
Burma in 1999
Research Article| January 01 2000 Burma in 1999: A Slim Hope Donald M. Seekins Donald M. Seekins Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2000) 40 (1): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/3021216 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
Myanmar
Burma and U.S. Sanctions
Sanctions imposed by the U.S. government against Burma in July 2003 have caused hardship for ordinary Burmese people without significantly impacting the State Peace and Development Council military regime. A new approach is needed in dealing with Burma that recognizes the shortcomings of both sanctions and “constructive engagement.”
The State and the City
modern Southeast and East Asia, cities are most often initial point of impact between forces of state and society. Rangoon (Yangon) , capital of Union of Burma (Myanmar) and its largest city, is a place with many coexisting and conflicting identities. As such, it offers a subject of study with rich opportunities for understanding interaction between military regime and Burmese society in period since State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC…
The Geopolitics and Economics of Burma's Military Regime, 1962-2007. Understanding SPDC Tyranny
Is anything new under the sun in military-ruled Burma? On August 15, 2007, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) military junta ordered a cut in subsidies for gasoline products, resulting in a 100 percent price increase for diesel oil and as much as 500 percent for compressed natural gas. The decree was unexpected, and imposed great hardship on people whose standard of living was already precarious. Public transport became unaffordable, …
The Social, Political and Humanitarian Impact of Burma's Cyclone Nargis
This report provides background information and analysis concerning the humanitarian crisis caused by Cyclone Nargis when it passed through the densely populated Irrawaddy Delta and Burma's largest city Rangoon (Yangon) on May 2-3, 2008. One of the largest natural disasters in recent history, it caused the death of as many as 130,000 people (the official figure on May 16 was 78,000) and resulted in between one and two million people losing their …
Runaway chickens’ and Myanmar identity
In terms of its landscape, design, and central location within the country, Burma’s (Myanmar’s) new capital of Naypyidaw, established in 2005, reflects the aspirations of its founder, Senior General Than Shwe, head of the State Peace and Development Council military junta. His goals have been not only to enhance state security through the new capital’s central location and relative isolation, but also to construct a new ‘Myanmar identity’ based o…
State, Society and Natural Disaster
Myanmar in 2008
Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's Irrawaddy Delta on May 2–3, 2008, and claimed as many as 140,000 victims, the largest natural disaster in the country's history. However, the State Peace and Development Council proceeded with a referendum on a new constitution on May 10 and 24, which it claimed was approved by an overwhelming majority of voters
Myanmar in 2009
The appearance of an unwanted visitor in Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside compound in Yangon gave the SPDC military regime a pretext to extend her house arrest, while the refusal of major armed groups in the border areas to accept subordination under the Tatmadaw (armed forces) central command posed serious problems for Myanmar's future stability
Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon
State and Society in Modern Rangoon
While most of Asia’s major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma’s former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage and devotion since the early second millennium C.E. that continues to play a major role in national life. In 1852, the British occupied Ran…
Japan's Development Ambitions for Myanmar
Myanmar and Japan have had an important shared history since the Pacific War, when Japan occupied the British colony of Burma and established the country's first postcolonial state and army. The period from 1941 to 1945 also witnessed the “militarization” of Myanmar as the country was turned into a battlefield by the Japanese, the Allies and indigenous insurgents. After independence from Britain in 1948, the Union of Burma continued to suffer ins…
The Dictionary
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Burma (Myanmar) is a Southeast Asian country that is emerging from crisis after more than a half century of hard-line military rule and cultural, diplomatic and economic isolation. With the dissolution of its military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, in 2011, a formally civilian but military-dominated constitutional government was inaugurated. By 2012, Burma’s president, retired General Thein Sein, had established a working relati…
China and the February 1, 2021 Coup d'Etat in Burma
Despite its oft-stated commitment to non-interference in the domestic affairs of foreign countries, the People's Republic of China has intervened on many levels in Burma's conflict-ridden society, both before and after 1988. It is in 2021 Burma's largest economic partner in terms of trade, aid and investment, and has fit Burma into its continent- and ocean-spanning One Belt/One Road Initiative. In chronically unstable border areas, it has a major…
The February 1, 2021 Coup d'Etat in Burma
The Army-State, which had ruled Burma with an iron fist between Ne Win's March 1962 coup d'état and the initiation of a hybrid civilian-military government after the General Election of November 2010 and the convening of the Union Parliament (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) in early 2011, has been resurrected. Burma's "transition" to democracy is finished, despite the promises of the new junta's leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, to hold new elections i…
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