Obama’s Burmese Gamble
The rapprochement between the US and Myanmar has proceeded at a blistering pace, with President Thein Sein recently becoming the first leader from Myanmar to visit the White House in nearly a half-century. But has the Obama administration been too quick to embrace what was, until recently, one of the world’s most repressive regimes?
ARLINGTON – The rapprochement between the United States and Myanmar (Burma) has proceeded at a blistering pace. A year ago, the two countries did not even have ambassadors in each other’s capitals. In May, President Thein Sein became the first leader from Myanmar to visit the White House in nearly a half-century.