emocracy and Discontent : The 2010 Elections in Myanmar.

The AIIA's policy commentary released on 1st November 2010 is entitled "Democracy and Discontent : the 2010 Elections in Myanmar" and aims to provide informed opinion and useful source documents on the November 7 Myanmar's general elections, the first in twenty years. 

You will find represented in this volume some key documents to give context to Myanmar’s elections including the Myanmar Government’s Roadmap to Democracy and responses from Australia, the European Union, ASEAN and the United Nations. You will also find commentary by three expert authors analysing the likely impact of Myanmar’s elections. Morten Pedersen assesses the prospects for change and democracy in Myanmar following the elections and rates the former better than the latter. Mely Caballero-Anthony looks at the ramifications of the elections for ASEAN and its policy of constructive engagement while Trevor Wilson looks at what China and India have at stake strategically in Myanmar and their expectations of the elections.