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14 published works

  1. China Law Blog

    Myanamar Isolation Grows, But for China

    By Dan Harris

    In 2012, I went to Myanmar with Robert Walsh on behalf of a couple of mutual clients. We were there to scope out the country for those clients, all of…

  2. The Right Coast

    Myanmar junta boot stomps a return to democracy – Asia Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Myanmar s decade-long experiment with discipline-flourishing democracy may have ended on February 1 with the military coup d etat, but the paperwork for the putsch was finalized on July 26…

  3. The Right Coast

    ‘Everyone is dying’: Myanmar on the brink of decimation – Asia Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Medical professionals are among the most respected individuals in the country, and so their decision to oppose the February 1 military coup d etat that took down the elected civilian…

  4. The Right Coast

    Why the Tatmadaw won’t crack in Myanmar – Asia Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    CHIANG MAI A military coup that overthrows a democratically elected government and sparks three months of nationwide protests and strikes. More than 700 people including children as young as five…

  5. The Right Coast

    When the lights go out in Myanmar – Asia Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    YANGON Darkness is descending on Myanmar, figuratively and literally.As the military regime widens a killing spree that has taken over 700 lives since its February 1 coup, the besieged nation…

  6. Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch

    United States Designates Myanmar Military Conglomerates

    By Paul Marquardt, Samuel H. Chang, Saranna Soroka

    On Thursday, March 25, the Biden administration imposed blocking sanctions against Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited (MEHL) and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited (MEC), pursuant to Executive Order 14014 (the…

  7. International Trade Law

    President Biden Imposes Sanctions & Export Controls on Myanmar In Response to Military Coup

    By Carlton Greene, Jeffrey L. Snyder, Dj Wolff, Brian McGrath, Edward Goetz

    In the first material sanctions-related action of the new U.S. Administration, on February 11, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14014 (EO) imposing sanctions on Myanmar (Burma) in response to the February…

  8. SmarTrade

    President Biden Issues Executive Order Sanctioning Burmese Military Leaders and Entities Involved in Coup

    By Scott E. Diamond**

    President Biden Issues Executive Order Regarding Military Coup in Burma and Sanctioning Military Leaders On February 10, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order concerning the military coup in…

  9. The Right Coast

    Top officers at Incirlik Air Base arrested in Turkey coup attempt – LA Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The top military official at Incirlik Air Base has been arrested, along with other officers at the base a major U.S. air operations center in the Middle East in connection…

  10. The Right Coast

    Turkey s Leaders Say Coup Attempt Foiled as Clashes Rock Nation – Bloomberg

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Turkey s leaders said they have largely quelled an attempted military coup, after army officers claimed to have seized power in the country. Clashes persisted in major cities as tanks…