Oren Samet


Oren Samet is a Ph.D. candidate in the political science department at the University of California, Berkeley.

Articles by Oren Samet
Myanmar migrant workers hold up a three-finger salute during a May Day rally in Bangkok on May 1.
Myanmar migrant workers hold up a three-finger salute during a May Day rally in Bangkok on May 1.
Protesters against the military coup in Myanmar.
Protesters against the military coup in Myanmar.
Members of the National Democratic Force (NDF) party walk down a road as they campaign for the upcoming November 8 general election, in Yangon on October 8, 2015. Some 30 million people will have the chance to vote -- many for the first time in their lives -- in the elections, the only nationwide polls contested by Suu Kyi's party in a quarter of a century as the nation emerges from decades of stifling military rule.   AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU        (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the National Democratic Force (NDF) party walk down a road as they campaign for the upcoming November 8 general election, in Yangon on October 8, 2015. Some 30 million people will have the chance to vote -- many for the first time in their lives -- in the elections, the only nationwide polls contested by Suu Kyi's party in a quarter of a century as the nation emerges from decades of stifling military rule. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)
Myanmar soldiers patrol in Laukkai, the main city in the Kokang region of northern Myanmar Shan state, on February 16, 2015. Growing fighting between Myanmar's Army and ethnic Kokang fighters in a region bordering China has killed dozens in the past week and sent tens of thousands fleeing across the frontier, reports said on February 16. AFP / STRINGER        (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
Myanmar soldiers patrol in Laukkai, the main city in the Kokang region of northern Myanmar Shan state, on February 16, 2015. Growing fighting between Myanmar's Army and ethnic Kokang fighters in a region bordering China has killed dozens in the past week and sent tens of thousands fleeing across the frontier, reports said on February 16. AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)