Lucas' Myanmar Reflection

After doing the reading and watching the videos, my opinion of Myanmar is, in some ways, a lot like my opinion of North Korea, where they have a very controlling government that punishes its people for acting any way other than their vision of what is the normal and perfect way to live, and that both have a capitol that is more for show as being a perfect society than as a decent living place for the people.

Nora's Myanmar Reflection

Myanmar can be labeled as a dictatorship due to the militaristic groups present in the country, and the fight to limit rights amongst the people to maintain power. Myanmar has faced numerous natural disasters due to its geographical location, thus contributing to the economic issues. Uprisings peaked in 1988 and have continued in the fight for a more democratic government. Police took military action on the crowds, beating the protesters and monks as they attempt to voice their opposition. If one was caught with a camera and proof of the crimes committed by the military groups, or "junta", he or she would be killed. This limited the media coverage of the atrocities, and prevented a widespread international support, maintaining the totalitarian rule. The happenings in Myanmar are extremely similar to our previous studies, the events in India with the limitations of civil protest in 1919 in particular.

Adam- Myanmar Reflection

After researching the overviews of Myanmar, I have noticed that the formally known Burma is ruled and put into place by their military. Their military, “junta”, has uses military  power and weapons to control the government. Its geography causes the country to have more occurring natural disasters. Myanmar has a lower average elevation that a normal country. Also its geography puts it at a lower power than neighboring China. China overpowers them and tries to run their government. This relates to when Europe tried to run the government of Africa.

Genocide in Cambodia Reflection

We've spent a good portion of class time talking about Cambodia and the genocide carried out by the Khmer Rouge.  Use your notes to write a reflection on this topic.  Your reflection must demonstrate understanding of the geo-political and socio-historical issues that contributed to this horrific event.  It might also be helpful to relate this to other topics/events studied this year.

Thesis- Political Unrest in Thailand

The political unrest in Thailand reshapes with the changes in leadership of the government; moreover, as the government modernizes, its values will continue to change, which will ultimately suppress the peoples' voice in government; furthermore, this dilemma geopolitically affects the international community and it continues to evolve as the citizens of Thailand go to further extremes to resist the oppressiveness of the government.

Thesis- Scotland Independence Movement

For three hundred years, Scotland, which was once an independent country was placed under the blanket of the United Kingdom, housing a people desperate to keep their national identity while living under governments that they never voted for, and denied the social progression inherent to a nation, now marches close to the historic event of becoming separate, independent, and part of the European Union with an upcoming secession vote deciding its future.

Thesis- Tibet

The changes in Tibet after 1950, which was when the first liberation armies were stationed in Tibet, affected Tibet in a negative fashion political by belittling their government voice and questioning their long time religious traditions.