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Tag: Myanmar

  • What Burma Teaches Us About the Killings

    Recently, I read “Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War” by Benjamin F. Jones and Benjamin A. Olken (2009). The paper’s main point is that when assassination succeed against autocratic leaders, countries are more likely to move toward democracy. And assassinations tend to intensify conflict. The study compares successful and failed…

  • Myanmar Earthquake

    Last Friday, March 28th, 2025, the 7.7-magnitude quake from Myanmar hit Bangkok. Many of us were stunned. We’d always been taught that our country didn’t lie on tectonic plate boundaries, so we assumed we were safe from earthquakes. They forget to mention the possibility of the impact from neighboring countries. I believe most people found…