Burma’s Turn
Political change in Myanmar has been numbingly slow for a half-century, but a new leadership is trying to embrace rapid transition from within. But now the country is being held back by the international sanctions that were imposed before its leaders turned away from authoritarianism and isolation.
YANGON – Here in Myanmar (Burma), where political change has been numbingly slow for a half-century, a new leadership is trying to embrace rapid transition from within. The government has freed political prisoners, held elections (with more on the way), begun economic reform, and is intensively courting foreign investment.