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BERTIL LINTNER'S ARTICLES

Welcome to the new Asia Pacific Media Services website! Through this new platform, we hope to provide access to an extensive archive of articles, papers, and books written by Bertil Lintner over the past 50 years.

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Dec 1, 2007

A Charity’s Checkered Past
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Apr 5, 2017

A Chinese war in Myanmar
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Apr 1, 2009

A History of Modern Burma
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Nov 7, 2025

A Look Back at Myanmar’s Checkered Election History
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Jun 1, 2007

A Perilous Escape From Pyongyang
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Feb 12, 2014

A Tribute to Maung Thaw Ka
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Feb 16, 2021

A coup that could end all coups in Myanmar
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Jul 1, 2022

A marriage of convenience
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Jan 26, 2019

A resurgent Russia sets its sights on Asia
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May 20, 2021

A wider war spreads fast and far in Myanmar
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Aug 12, 2014

ASEAN Paralysis Gives China Free Hand in South China Sea
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Feb 13, 2007

America's China Worries - Part III
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Apr 4, 2022

Annihilation over compromise for Myanmar’s generals
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Mar 20, 2017

As US loses patience, North Korea holds a chemical card
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Jul 31, 2019

As West retreats, China surges in Myanmar
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Dec 1, 2019

Asia’s drug ‘kingpin’ more Hollywood than reality
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Feb 7, 2023

Austrian-Born Shan Princess Inge Eberhard Dies
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Mar 31, 2005

BOOK REVIEW: Cambodia's Bad Dream: A new look at Pol Pot's horror show
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Feb 20, 2003

BOOK REVIEW: Laos as it Really Was
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Sep 30, 2006

BOOK REVIEW: On the Trail of a Killer
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Sep 25, 2017

Bangladesh holds the key to Rohingya insurgency
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Dec 21, 2002

Bangladesh: Celebrations and Bombs
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Jul 16, 2021

Banning the NLD Won’t End Resistance to Military Rule
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Sep 1, 2010

Behold, beware Myanmar's fourth empire
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Oct 3, 2021

Belt and Road starts and stops in China’s backyard
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Mar 1, 2025

Big-Power Games in the Indian Ocean
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Jul 25, 2002

Blood Brother Extract: Crime and Punishment?
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Mar 24, 2016

Book Details Coming Struggle to Kick Burma's Drug Habit
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Jan 22, 2004

Book Review: A Black Force in Taiwan
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May 1, 2009

Book Review: A History of the Shan State
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Aug 1, 2006

Book Review: A Rebel Reporter
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Oct 6, 2012

Book Review: A one-sided history
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Mar 18, 2004

Book Review: An American in Vientiane
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May 11, 2007

Book Review: Arm Thy Neighbor
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Jan 1, 2008

Book Review: Asia in the Pacific Islands
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Jan 8, 2024

Book Review: Assamese Journalist Shines Light on One of Asia’s Murkiest Conflicts
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Oct 1, 2005

Book Review: Beyond the Tales of Kings and Wars
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Jan 16, 2003

Book Review: Burmese Battleground
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Mar 1, 2005

Book Review: Cambodia's Bad Dream: A new look at Pol Pot's horror show
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Dec 4, 1997

Book Review: China's Boundless Main
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May 1, 2008

Book Review: Democracy and National Identity in Thailand
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Feb 1, 2007

Book Review: Dutch Footprints Along the Irrawaddy
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Apr 2, 2026

Book Review: Examining the role of women in Kachin resistance
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Dec 1, 2007

Book Review: Exodus to North Korea
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Jul 10, 2004

Book Review: From Decorated Hero to Public Enemy No. 1
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Aug 1, 2000

Book Review: His Story, not History
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Nov 1, 2006

Book Review: India-Asean Economic Relations
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Mar 25, 2017

Book Review: Kingdom's Edge
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Jun 23, 2012

Book Review: Mindset of a mass murderer
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Feb 1, 2007

Book Review: North Korea under Kim Jong Il
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Mar 1, 2019

A Chinatown mysteriously emerges in backwoods Myanmar
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May 20, 2024

A Compelling Chronicle of Myanmar’s Rich Cinematic History
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Jan 1, 1994

A Letter from Your President
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Nov 24, 2004

A New Battlefield in Thailand
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Sep 5, 2008

A Thailand Riven By Politics
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Nov 1, 2014

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Making Sense of Myanmar’s Political Reforms
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Aug 24, 2025

A man, a plan, an electoral sham in Myanmar
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Jun 3, 2017

A question of race in Myanmar
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May 1, 2021

A wider war coming to Myanmar
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Apr 30, 2014

A ‘Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement’–for What?
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Sep 1, 2023

ASEAN’s Increasing Irrelevance Highlighted over Myanmar
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Apr 3, 2003

Amulet Power
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Jul 4, 2018

As Trump turns away, China gains in Myanmar
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Sep 24, 2018

As West recoils, China surges south in Myanmar
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May 10, 2019

As sanctions loom, Russia keeps North Korea at work
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Jan 31, 2017

Assassination puts Myanmar on a razor’s edge
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Jan 15, 2021

BIMSTEC and regional security
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Jun 30, 2005

BOOK REVIEW: Dead and Buried?
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Jul 18, 2002

BOOK REVIEW: Missing Millions
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Apr 4, 2002

Bangladesh - A Cocoon of Terror
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Oct 14, 2020

Bangladesh wins and loses in China-India rivalry
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Sep 16, 2002

Bangladesh: Championing Islamist Extremism
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Oct 30, 2020

Behind China’s threat to support insurgency in India
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May 6, 2026

Beijing, Not Yunnan, Has Always Driven Chinese Support for Myanmar Insurgents
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Jul 1, 1996

Bhutan: Hooking Your Mother: Trout-Fishing in Bhutan
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Aug 14, 2003

Black Sheep
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Jul 28, 2017

Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia
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Nov 10, 2007

Book Review: 'A necessary evil'
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Jan 30, 2017

Book Review: A Great Place to Have a War
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Mar 1, 2006

Book Review: A Question of Identity
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Mar 1, 2007

Book Review: A Shan Kaleidoscope
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Dec 8, 2007

Book Review: A sad moon rising
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Jan 29, 2004

Book Review: An Iron Grip
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Jan 1, 2008

Book Review: Asia in the Pacific Islands
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Mar 21, 2002

Book Review: Asia's Sex Trap
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Dec 1, 2005

Book Review: Bangladesh: The New Afghanistan?
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Oct 1, 2007

Book Review: Burma and Japan Since 1940: From "Co-Prosperity" to Quiet Dialogue
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Nov 5, 2000

Book Review: Burmese scholar drops integrity to rewrite country's history
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Sep 1, 2007

Book Review: China Turns On the Charm
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Apr 10, 2003

Book Review: Conflicts Revisited, A Secret Revealed At Last
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Dec 1, 2007

Book Review: Doing Wrong to Do Good
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Feb 28, 2007

Book Review: Dutch Footprints Along the Irrawaddy
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Dec 1, 2007

Book Review: Exodus to North Korea
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Oct 1, 2007

Book Review: Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma
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Jun 28, 2016

Book Review: General Ne Win: A Political Biography
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Nov 22, 2013

Book Review: Images of a dark era
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Aug 1, 2005

Book Review: Kingdom of Conflict
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Sep 20, 2013

Book Review: Military Matters in Myanmar
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Jun 6, 2002

Book Review: More Than a Game in Burma
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Sep 1, 2006

Book Review: On the Trail of a Killer
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