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"...At the midpoint of the Aung San Suu Kyi government?s five-year term, Myanmar is
at a crossroads. The Suu Kyi administration faces enormous international opprobrium
over the Rohingya crisis ? the flight of over 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh
due to a brutal army counter-insurgency campaign ? as well as domestic opposition
to the concessions needed to address international concerns. Yet the government?s
challenge is not only political. Its performance to date on issues from peace talks
with Myanmar?s numerous insurgencies to the economy shows that it is not adept at
formulating strategy or implementing policy. Even were the government to develop
the political will to respond constructively to the Rohingya crisis or other problems,
progress is likely to be limited. This means that, in addition to the external pressure
that continues to build, principled diplomatic engagement is also vital to translate
that pressure into at least some meaningful steps forward.
In 2011, Myanmar embarked on a remarkable and largely unanticipated transition
away from 50 years of isolationist and authoritarian military rule. The transition culminated
in broadly free and fair elections in 2015, a landslide victory for the National
League for Democracy (NLD) opposition party, and the peaceful transfer of power to
an administration headed de facto by Aung San Suu Kyi ? the military regime?s longtime
nemesis and an international democracy icon..."
Source/publisher:
International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing N°151)
Date of Publication:
2018-08-28
Date of entry:
2018-09-03
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English