Tej Parikh, Author at Asia Times

Stark realities face Myanmar’s battle for democracy

by Tej Parikh March 1, 2021March 1, 2021

Last month’s military coup in Myanmar was a rude awakening for the international community. Headlines celebrating the “dawning of a New Democratic Era” when Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party took power soon gave way to calls to revoke her Nobel Peace Prize over her deafening silence on the genocide of Rohingya Muslims. […]

Post-pandemic, real work begins for policymakers

by Tej Parikh January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends an award ceremony to receive her 1990 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, October 22, 2013. The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize in 1990 to Suu Kyi, who was then not allowed to leave her country to attend the ceremony. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX14JJP

What next for Myanmar-West relations?

by Tej Parikh October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Covid-19, culture and trust

by Tej Parikh June 15, 2020June 15, 2020

Hun Sen’s fragile legacy

by Tej Parikh May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

India, South Asia

Indian economy will be tested in 2020

by Tej Parikh November 26, 2019February 18, 2020

If Rahul Gandhi has papers to prove personal corruption of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he should reveal it to public. Photo/Reuters

India, South Asia

What India’s opposition should learn

by Tej Parikh June 5, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Cambodia, Myanmar

When Hun Sen met Suu Kyi

by Tej Parikh May 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C), presides over a meeting in Naypyidaw with chairman of the Karen National Union General Saw Mutu Say Poe (L) and military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on the third anniversary of the signing of Myanmar's Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on October 15, 2018. Photo: AFP via Myanmar State Counsellor's Office/handout

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar reform panel draws skepticism

by Tej Parikh February 25, 2019February 18, 2020

The Sule Pagoda is a stupa in the heart of downtown Yangon. It is in the center of the city and an important space in contemporary Myanmar politics, ideology and geography. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Myanmar, World

What the Jack Dorsey Myanmar tweet episode revealed

by Tej Parikh December 13, 2018

The growth of anti-democratic governments around the globe is a worrying trend, but shouldn't be considered irreversible. Western democracies must put their own houses in order to set an example to countries where backsliding into authoritarianism is rampant.
Image: iStock

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

Why the death of global democracy isn’t inevitable

by Tej Parikh May 13, 2018May 14, 2018

Rohingya Muslims, who fled government-sanctioned violence in Myanmar, sought refuge in Bangladesh, which now hosts more than one million people. Photo: iStock/Joel Carillet

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

In Myanmar good Intentions led to bad outcomes

by Tej Parikh April 8, 2018

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi walks off the stage after delivering a speech to the nation about the Rohingya situation, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on September 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The Rohingya crisis shames the global community

by Tej Parikh December 11, 2017

De facto Myanmar ruler Aung San Suu Kai's indifference to press freedom has attracted intense criticism. Photo: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

AT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, World

Why Suu Kyi should reach out to Myanmar’s media

by Tej Parikh July 15, 2017July 15, 2017

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. Photo: S/Valery Sharifulin/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool TPX

Afghanistan, India, South Asia, World

How Modi subverts, starves and saturates the media

by Tej Parikh June 19, 2017June 25, 2017

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

In Myanmar, extremist monks threaten mob rule

by Tej Parikh May 13, 2017May 15, 2017

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Singh Bisht. Photo: AFP/ Sanjay Kanojia

China, France, Germany, India, South Asia, World

Modi cements Hindu nationalism with new state appointment

by Tej Parikh March 24, 2017

Rohiakar, a Rohingya Muslim woman, shows a picture of her daughter Saywar Nuyar, 22, who was being held by a human trafficker in 2015. Photo: Reuters.

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict risks spiraling out of control

by Tej Parikh January 21, 2017January 21, 2017

A protesters wears a headband with "Help Rohingya" on it during a demonstration against what organisers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Iqro Rinaldi.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Syria, World

In Myanmar, genocide looms as the world waits on Suu Kyi

by Tej Parikh November 30, 2016November 30, 2016