The Fall of the Burmese Kingdom in 1885: Review and Reconsideration

Chew, Ernest

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“…It was during these wars that British forces overthrew a constitutional monarchy (Konbaung Dynasty) that governed the largest unified kingdom on the peninsula. Conquest began in the south, with the result that the kingdom was gradually reduced until the ruling dynasty was overthrown (Chew, 1979). British colonial rule followed a similar pattern as with other kingdoms across Southeast Asia where native peoples were subject to control by the competing colonial powers of France, Holland and Spain.…”

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Granle¹

2020

ICJ

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In recent years, Myanmar has taken its place on the world stage, causing both disquiet and uncertainty in the international community in terms of its policies relating to various legal and political matters. This former kingdom with its long and impressive history, and comprising many different ethnic groups, has experienced long periods of occupation and colonial rule, the most recent being as a British colony prior to independence in 1948. Today, despite having a democratically elected government, Myanmar continues to live under the shadow of the former military dictatorship which ruled the country from 1962 to 2011. Many aspects of its legal system have recently come under scrutiny, including its policies towards intellectual property rights. This paper explores the history of patent law in Myanmar, making the connection with the country's turbulent past, as well as offering a glimpse of what may be a possible future regarding patent protection. It will also examine the international treaties and organizations to which Myanmar is a signatory, and its recognition of foreign patents. There will be some discussion of patent rights in neighbouring countries and other intellectual property protections.

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Section: Historical Overviewmentioning

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Granle¹

2020

ICJ

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“…Burmese resistance was only eradicated by a policy of overwhelming reprisals against villages suspected of assisting the insurgents. 57 Whether racially biased or genuinely impressed by their abilities, Callwell accorded greater respect to Britain's white settler opponents in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Describing them as ''a daring and well-armed enemy gifted with unusual mobility and exceptional cunning,'' he went on to elaborate ''a great display of the art of war in dealing with a guerrilla enemy operating in an extended theater.''…”

Section: Britain's Limited Warfare In the Contest For World Dominionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Big Powers Fight Small Wars

Chew

2013

Armed Forces & Society

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“Globalized” low-intensity conflicts renew debates about how leading world powers contend with evolving complexities in unconventional warfare. The “foreign entanglements” of America’s imperial present have been compared with the “savage wars of peace” from Britain’s colonial past.1 Beyond the template of Anglo-American civilization, however, military, economic, and cultural manifestations of power must be set in their systemic and structural context for more meaningful comparison. Britain’s variegated experience of unconventional warfare stemmed from its vast colonial milieu of “small wars” and “imperial policing.” America’s experience reflects transformational civil–military responses to both existential and ideological threats, reinforcing the evolution of a massive “way of war” over persistent frontier warfare. Integral to reading these small war traditions is the historical method, emphasizing particularity of causation while underscoring the value of flexible, hybrid approaches against overinstitutionalized “ways in warfare.”2 Operational success, delivered by blending military skills with political savvy and cultural sensitivity, not only secured populations but support and legitimacy, without which even global powers risked defeat.

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“…For the British, it was important to seize upper Burma's teak forests before they were exhausted through "misuse" -ironically at a time when most forests in British-ruled lower Burma had already been cleared for permanent agriculture (Adas 1983). This calculation, when combined with fears over French designs on Burma, provided the basis for the third Anglo-Burmese war (Chew 1979).…”

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The Political Ecology of Environmental Management in the Developing World

Bryant¹

2008

Arbor

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This paper addresses selected aspects of environmental management in the developing world through the prism of a political ecology perspective. It begins with a brief overview of the evolution of political ecology. It then turns to two case studies from South- East Asia in order to explore spaces of confrontation and spaces of cooperation – spaces that encompass key elements of historical and contemporary environmental management in the developing world. In the process, the paper underlines the multifaceted politics of transaction that takes place in a world that can never be transformed simply through apolitical calls to “save nature”.

Este artículo aborda diversos aspectos clave de la gestión ambiental en el mundo en desarrollo desde la perspectiva de la ecología política. Comienza con un breve repaso de la evolución de la ecología política. Posteriormente se abordan dos casos de estudio en el Sudeste de Asia con el fin de explorar espacios de confrontación y espacios de cooperación que aglutinan elementos clave de la historia y la actualidad de la gestión ambiental en el mundo en desarrollo. En este proceso el artículo concluye que las multifacéticos políticas de transacción que tienen lugar en el mundo no pueden ser transformadas simplemente a través de apolíticas llamadas a “salvar la naturaleza”

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The Fall of the Burmese Kingdom in 1885: Review and Reconsideration

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