Burma & Myanmar

Postscript,

November 23, 2010

Michael Green

Although freeing Aung Suu Kyi may allow Burma’s military leaders to escape scrutiny for now, their budding nuclear ambitions could rejuvenate international interest in placing pressure on their regime.

Essay, Nov/Dec 2007

Asia's Forgotten Crisis

Michael Green and Derek Mitchell

Over the past decade, Burma has gone from being an antidemocratic embarrassment and humanitarian disaster to being a serious threat to its neighbors' security. The international community must change its approach to the country's junta.

Essay, Nov/Dec 2002

Can Burma Reform?

Joshua Kurlantzick

Myanmar, the country formerly know as Burma, faces a burgeoning economic disaster and a looming HIV/AIDS epidemic. In responding to these crises, the United States and its allies should employ both the promise of aid and the threat of sanctions to prod the country's military rulers toward democracy.

Comment, Jan/Feb 2000

States' Rights and Foreign Policy: Some Things Should Be Left to Washington

Brannon P. Denning and Jack H. McCall

Sanctions slapped on foreign countries by U.S. cities and states are starting to be struck down by the courts, and rightly so. America can afford only one foreign policy.