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SUMMARY: Myanmar in Transition: An Update on Recent Developments
DESCRIPTION: Gwen Robinson will provide an overview of recent developments 
 in Myanmar under the Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy
 \, with reference to the political and economic context\, the peace process
 \, the situation in Rakhine state\, aid and trade\, and diplomatic relation
 s. Light refreshments will be served. About the speaker Gwen Robinson is […
 ]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Gwen Robinson will provide an overview of 
 recent developments in Myanmar under the Aung San Suu Kyi and the National 
 League for Democracy\, with reference to the political and economic context
 \, the peace process\, the situation in Rakhine state\, aid and trade\, and
  diplomatic relations.</p><p>Light refreshments will be served.</p><h2>Abou
 t the speaker</h2><p><strong>Gwen Robinson</strong> is Chief Editor of the 
 <a href="http://asia.nikkei.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikkei Asi
 an Review</a>\, the English-language journal and website of Japanese media 
 group Nikkei Inc.\, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and In
 ternational Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok where she specia
 lises in Myanmar and the surrounding region. She was a senior editor and co
 rrespondent with the Financial Times\, from 1995 to 2013\, in posts includi
 ng Japan\, Australia and the South Pacific\, Southeast Asia\, New York\, Wa
 shington DC and London. In London\, she was the FT’s Comment editor (2003-0
 7) and online news editor among other positions. Her last FT post was Bangk
 ok bureau chief covering mainland Southeast Asia. She taught post-graduate 
 classes on Southeast Asia and Myanmar at Chulalongkorn University in 2013-1
 4. In 1993-95\, she was North Asia correspondent for The Times of London\, 
 and previously an editor/writer at the Nikkei Weekly in Tokyo. In the 1980s
 \, she covered Southeast Asia from Manila and Bangkok for US\, Australian a
 nd UK media organisations. She was born in Japan and was educated in Austra
 lia.</p><h2><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOZHjvwj_CA5
 otCfU0wz7EGVX9TB6-62HsLCD1DlZNSR_LdA/viewform?c=0&w=1">RSVP </a>| <a href="
 https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/UBC-CSEAR-
 04-20-01.pdf">Event Poster </a></h2>
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