Benefits Quote by Zoya Phan

In fact, it is the dictatorship's policy that isolates the people of Burma while it reaches out to different countries every year and opens…

— Zoya Phan

I can say with absolute confidence that the general public of Burma would be very little affected, if at all, by sanctions. So far,…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

For decades, the Burmese military has been a tool of oligarchy and suppression.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

It's good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma. I think in…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example…

— Najib Razak

Western investment is usually assumed to walk hand-in-hand with the democratic values of its home countries, and indeed, opening an economy to outside money…

— Chrystia Freeland

Money is economic power.

— Walter Bagehot

The truth is that regimes of corrupt, personalist rule - in which authoritarians wield the state to reward friends, punish enemies and secure their…

— Jamelle Bouie

Western companies (and governments) have deeply integrated themselves with an authoritarian regime without thinking through the consequences, and when push comes to shove, many…

— Zeynep Tufekci

What people in Burma need is a democratic federal Burma that guarantees autonomy, rights and protection for all, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or…

— Zoya Phan

If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also happens to be the…

— David Graeber

When politics becomes a profession, money becomes the strategic advantage.

— Tasneem Hameed