Morten B Pedersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5125605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morten B Pedersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morten B |
| FAMILY NAME | Pedersen |
| SIGNATURE | PEDERSEN M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5691-5734 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Southeast Asian Affairs 2022
The Rohingya Crisis, Myanmar, and R2P ‘Black Holes’
The world has failed the Rohingya. Yet, the essence of this failure is widely misunderstood. While the existing literature on the Rohingya crisis tends to blame specific agents for having failed to fulfil their obligations under the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), this article directs our attention to the structural obstacles to mass atrocity prevention in Myanmar. Given the high risk of mass atrocities against the Rohingya and low feasibility o…
Myanmar in 2018
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
Democracy and Human Rights
This chapter provides political developments in a historical context and assesses the state of democracy and human rights in the country as the new National League for Democracy (NLD) government approaches its one year anniversary. It considers the prospects for further democratisation. The first constitution of independent Myanmar established a parliamentary democracy. The initial phase of reform under former general President Thein Sein's Union…
The ICC, the Rohingya and the limitations of retributive justice
The recent decision by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs Fatou Bensouda, to launch preliminary investigations into the alleged deportation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fr
Myanmar in 2014
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Principled Engagement
Contents: Introducing principled engagement, Morten B. Pedersen and David Kinley The theoretical case for principled engagement, Morten B. Pedersen Ten principles for engagement, Chris Sidoti Engaging with all actors of violence: necessity, duty and dilemmas from an ICRC delegate's perspective, Pierre Gentile Engaging China on human rights, Ann Kent The ILO and forced labour in Myanmar, Richard Horsey Principled engagement and public health: dono…
How to promote human rights in the world's most repressive states
For two decades, Myanmar sat at the top of the international human rights agenda. With recent political changes, this may now be a thing of the past, but the bad old days hold important lessons that should not be forgotten. This article draws on interviews conducted mainly inside Myanmar over a period of 15 years to evaluate, contrast and compare the impact of different international human rights policies on the ground. It is argued that while th…
The Politics of Burma's “Democratic” Transition
Many have dismissed the military-controlled transition to “democracy” in Burma as a sham that will only further entrench military rule. Others, however, view it as an opportunity to break the army's long-standing stranglehold on power and start a process of gradual reform. The present article considers the transition from a strategic perspective. After briefly revisiting the history of military rule in Burma, it examines the politics of the trans…
Burma's Ethnic Minorities
The nearly 60-year-long fight by Burma's ethnic minorities for autonomy and ethnic rights lies at the root of the country's broader political and humanitarian crisis. Yet, in the outside world, this issue is often subsumed under the better-known struggle for democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. The present article seeks to redress this imbalance by directing attention to the numerous groups representing ethnic…
Myanmar
The military regime, headed by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), in 2006 further consolidated its ranks, relocated to a new capital, and at year's end looked poised to wrap up the long-running constitutional assembly and retire control to a loyal successor regime, possibly by 2008. The National League for Democracy (NLD) made a last-ditch effort to gain a role in the transition by offering to recognize the SPDC as the lawful governm…
The Politics of Burma's “Democratic” Transition
Many have dismissed the military-controlled transition to “democracy” in Burma as a sham that will only further entrench military rule. Others, however, view it as an opportunity to break the army's long-standing stranglehold on power and start a process of gradual reform. The present article considers the transition from a strategic perspective. After briefly revisiting the history of military rule in Burma, it examines the politics of the trans…
Burma's Ethnic Minorities
The nearly 60-year-long fight by Burma's ethnic minorities for autonomy and ethnic rights lies at the root of the country's broader political and humanitarian crisis. Yet, in the outside world, this issue is often subsumed under the better-known struggle for democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. The present article seeks to redress this imbalance by directing attention to the numerous groups representing ethnic…
How to promote human rights in the world's most repressive states
For two decades, Myanmar sat at the top of the international human rights agenda. With recent political changes, this may now be a thing of the past, but the bad old days hold important lessons that should not be forgotten. This article draws on interviews conducted mainly inside Myanmar over a period of 15 years to evaluate, contrast and compare the impact of different international human rights policies on the ground. It is argued that while th…
The Rohingya Crisis, Myanmar, and R2P ‘Black Holes’
The world has failed the Rohingya. Yet, the essence of this failure is widely misunderstood. While the existing literature on the Rohingya crisis tends to blame specific agents for having failed to fulfil their obligations under the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), this article directs our attention to the structural obstacles to mass atrocity prevention in Myanmar. Given the high risk of mass atrocities against the Rohingya and low feasibility o…
Myanmar
The military regime, headed by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), in 2006 further consolidated its ranks, relocated to a new capital, and at year's end looked poised to wrap up the long-running constitutional assembly and retire control to a loyal successor regime, possibly by 2008. The National League for Democracy (NLD) made a last-ditch effort to gain a role in the transition by offering to recognize the SPDC as the lawful governm…
Burma's Ethnic Minorities
The nearly 60-year-long fight by Burma's ethnic minorities for autonomy and ethnic rights lies at the root of the country's broader political and humanitarian crisis. Yet, in the outside world, this issue is often subsumed under the better-known struggle for democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. The present article seeks to redress this imbalance by directing attention to the numerous groups representing ethnic…
The Politics of Burma's “Democratic” Transition
Many have dismissed the military-controlled transition to “democracy” in Burma as a sham that will only further entrench military rule. Others, however, view it as an opportunity to break the army's long-standing stranglehold on power and start a process of gradual reform. The present article considers the transition from a strategic perspective. After briefly revisiting the history of military rule in Burma, it examines the politics of the trans…
Principled Engagement
Contents: Introducing principled engagement, Morten B. Pedersen and David Kinley The theoretical case for principled engagement, Morten B. Pedersen Ten principles for engagement, Chris Sidoti Engaging with all actors of violence: necessity, duty and dilemmas from an ICRC delegate's perspective, Pierre Gentile Engaging China on human rights, Ann Kent The ILO and forced labour in Myanmar, Richard Horsey Principled engagement and public health: dono…
How to promote human rights in the world's most repressive states
For two decades, Myanmar sat at the top of the international human rights agenda. With recent political changes, this may now be a thing of the past, but the bad old days hold important lessons that should not be forgotten. This article draws on interviews conducted mainly inside Myanmar over a period of 15 years to evaluate, contrast and compare the impact of different international human rights policies on the ground. It is argued that while th…
Myanmar in 2014
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Democracy and Human Rights
This chapter provides political developments in a historical context and assesses the state of democracy and human rights in the country as the new National League for Democracy (NLD) government approaches its one year anniversary. It considers the prospects for further democratisation. The first constitution of independent Myanmar established a parliamentary democracy. The initial phase of reform under former general President Thein Sein's Union…
The ICC, the Rohingya and the limitations of retributive justice
The recent decision by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs Fatou Bensouda, to launch preliminary investigations into the alleged deportation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fr
Myanmar in 2018
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
The Rohingya Crisis, Myanmar, and R2P ‘Black Holes’
The world has failed the Rohingya. Yet, the essence of this failure is widely misunderstood. While the existing literature on the Rohingya crisis tends to blame specific agents for having failed to fulfil their obligations under the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), this article directs our attention to the structural obstacles to mass atrocity prevention in Myanmar. Given the high risk of mass atrocities against the Rohingya and low feasibility o…
Southeast Asian Affairs 2022
Political science (11 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Political economy (4 works)