http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/peter_popham en http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/11/italy-berlusconi-work-fadhel http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/11/italy-berlusconi-work-fadhel Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Peter Popham

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2011/10/suu-kyi-aung-san-burma-change http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2011/10/suu-kyi-aung-san-burma-change Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Peter Popham In Burma, where all meaningful progress towards democracy seemed to have stalled, signs of change from the days of the junta are starting to emerge. Might it yet be Aung San Suu Kyi’s finest moment?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2010/10/berlusconi-italy-fini-italian http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2010/10/berlusconi-italy-fini-italian Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:54:26 GMT Peter Popham The end was inevitable: the last years of Silvio Berlusconi's period as Prime Minister have been coloured by corruption, scandal and political in-fighting.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2010/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-burma-regime http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2010/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-burma-regime Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:07:13 GMT Peter Popham Her party has been dissolved, and she is banned from taking part in this year’s Burmese elections. But Aung San Suu Kyi, at the age of 65, remains the most potent force fighting to preserve the opposition in her country.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200608140029 http://www.newstatesman.com/200608140029 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT Peter Popham It is a society infested with spies, where people live in terror of a hardline military regime, yet the pro-democracy movement can still make its voice heard. Will the UN Security Council at last help Burma unseat its brutal junta?

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