CIAO DATE: 12/2012
February 2012
Advancing Myanmar’s Transition: A Way Forward for U.S. Policy assesses the nature of the changes that are under way in Myanmar and the challenges and vulnerabilities the country faces. Against this backdrop, the report’s co-authors — Priscilla Clapp, former Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Burma (1999–2002), and Suzanne DiMaggio, Asia Society’s Vice President of Global Policy Programs — recommend measures that the United States can undertake at this critical moment to encourage, support, and advance the institutionalization of sustainable democracy in Myanmar. Click here to access the report. Advancing Myanmar’s Transition is the result of a January 2012 Asia Society delegation visit to Myanmar to engage in a Track II dialogue with the Myanmar Development Resources Institute (MDRI), a newly created, independent think tank based in Yangon. The goal of this informal dialogue is to establish an ongoing channel of communication between experts from both countries and to explore opportunities to advance U.S.–Myanmar relations during a particularly fluid and fragile period of transition in Myanmar.
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