I had a useful meeting with the Ambassador of Myanmar last week. He and his deputy were interested in the rule of law project I have established in Abu Dhabi and Palestine. This regime is now keen to change and have entered into meaningful discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi. So I am looking at the possibility of helping to establish links with legal groups and academia here to see if we can assist in the promotion of the rule of law.
The Ambassador is saying the right things. He is acknowledging the need to change but worried about the pace of change and whether they can maintain stability in the nation while change takes place. Encouraging but difficult. The army is a very powerful influence in Myanmar and like Egypt, they will find it difficult to let go of the reins of power.
Googling Myanmar fetches some excellent maps and also pictures of their new prospective leader.
There is one of her, as a very young woman, in military uniform, who looks absolutely lethal!
Wisdom is surely learned from solitude and reflection, in all the world’s religions, and
Aung San Suu Kyi has plenty of that.
Former Gen Than Shwe established this situation. but don’t worry about this. All oppositions understand that. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Gen Aun San, the founder of Myanmar army. According to Bertile Litner, the author of the biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, she is a female Bothisathta. Yes, it is right absolutely right.
On the subject of the future of Myanmar and hopefully the good of the region as well, clarifying the meanings of political terms such as:
Supranationalism
Continentalism
Eurasianism
Pan Africanism
Pan Americanism
Can be helpful,
without mentioning the
Arab League
ECO (Economic Cooperation Organisation)
and various central and south Asian Organisations, which vary in their structures
(Aims and objects?!)
The EU is described as the first Supranational organisation, assumed that the ECO is another, with Eurasia encore un autre.
Apparently Eurasia dates back to the early 20thC in its “-ism” content, being supported by emigre Russians throughout that huge region, bu the ECO is a very recent and impoverished group of countries with regard to its financing of its own Suprantionalism.
To me, the answer to the over arching power of the USA, is the creation not just of the EU but of a dozen or 20 such Supernations,
Confederalist or otherwise.
There are some, and there is ample evidence that Brazil is becoming the lead power in a
benign but hugely resourceful supernation of South America; Brazil itself the 5th Largest economic power in the world today.
The Central American states are another grouping.
Myanmar is indeed a member of
ASEAN (South East Asian nations)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations
but not of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation which is a different supranational geographical organisation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation
My own professed Anti-globalism is certainly not anti-UN or anti supranational organisations; far from it, but it is anti- an excessive global power by the government of USA.
Globalism surely favours the USA building on already existing Imperial powers from which it has assumed responsibility in the last 50 years or so.
To me, the only way forward in peace and harmony, is the effective development of such super nations. The Eco, which surprisingly could have such a valuable modifying effect on middle east politics, I have just had to add to the list on the super national organisations page of wikipedia, since it is not so much as mentioned.
Whoever has created the list knows something about Suprnationalism, but not apparently,about the ECO secretariat.
Perhaps my contribution will be deleted, by somebody who objects to the Iranian stance, in world politics, forgetting that there are 8 other nations in that group.
How does Myanmar fit in to this world scenario of Supra-national organisations?