Burma is ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. Drawing on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working... Læs mere
In Where China Meets India he explores the new strategic centrality of Burma, the country of his ancestry, where Asia's two rising giant powers - China and India - appear to be vying for supremacy.
A compelling and timely inside account of the recent crisis in Burma and its troubled journey from dictatorship to democracy.
An unparalleled biography of the author's grandfather, U Thant, the United Nations' longest-serving Secretary-General, and his crucial role in the Cold War.