1. Current Realities and Future Possibilities in 74/Myanmar
- Author:
- Dan Glickman (Co-Chair) and M.S. Swaminathan (Co-Chair)
- Publication Date:
- 05-2010
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- In September 2009, the United States announced a new course in its policy toward Burma following a seven-month review undertaken by the Barack Obama administration. Recognizing that decades of pursuing policies of isolation and sanctions had done little to influence change among Burma's military leaders, the United States introduced a policy of “pragmatic engagement.” Under this new policy, the United States will maintain its sanctions on Burma while simultaneously undertaking direct dialogue with senior leaders of the Burmese regime. Dialogue, according to the United States, will “supplement, rather than replace,” decades of U.S. sanctions policy. These talks have already begun, and the United States has indicated that any improvement in relations between the two countries is possible only when Burma's military regime enacts meaningful and concrete reforms in the country, particularly in the areas of democracy and human rights.
- Topic:
- Diplomacy, Economics, Bilateral Relations, and Sanctions
- Political Geography:
- United States, Burma, Southeast Asia, and Myanmar