Joakim Kreutz

Joakim Kreutz works in the department of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University, Sweden. His research work is concentrated in the East Asian Peace Programme

Burma: between elections and democracy

The by-election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party in Burma (Myanmar) raises the question of whether the country is at last on an irreversible path towards democracy. A detailed analysis of the context suggests seven reasons for caution, says Joakim Kreutz.

By Joakim Kreutz

/ 5 Apr 2012

Burma: sources of political change

The twentieth anniversary of the Burma uprising of 8 August 1988 was marked with a degree of attention around the world, but far less than might have been expected thanks

By Joakim Kreutz

/ 1 Sep 2008

Burma: protest, crackdown - and now?

For a short moment in September 2007, the streets of Burma's former capital Rangoon were filled with demonstrators willing and able to protest against the inadequacies of the

By Joakim Kreutz

/ 12 Oct 2007