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Reconciling Burma/Myanmar:
Re-examining U.S. Relations with Burma

Thursday, March 25th, 2004
8:30 – 10:30 am

Location:
School of Advanced International Studies
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC   20036  
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Agenda             8:00 am       Coffee and refreshments available 8:30 am       Welcome Mr. Frederick Z. Brown School of Advanced International Studies Mr. Michael Wills The National Bureau of Asian Research 8:35 am       Introduction Dr. John H. Badgley Cornell University and University of Washington (ret.) 8:45 am       Presentations Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing National University of Singapore             Dr. David I. Steinberg Georgetown University             Dr. Robert H. Taylor University of London (ret.) 9:30 am       Discussion (question-and-answer session) Moderated by Mr. Frederick Z. Brown 10:30 am       Conclusion Mr. Michael Wills The National Bureau of Asian Research

About This Seminar

The most recent issue of the NBR Analysis, “Reconciling Burma/Myanmar,” contains a collection of essays on U.S. relations with Burma. It is the outcome of an initiative from an extraordinary group of Burma scholars, all of whom regard last year’s announcement of a “road map” for constitutional change, the ongoing progress toward cease-fires with ethnic insurgents, and the worsening impact of sanctions on the general populace, as an opportunity to re-examine U.S. relations with Burma. The specialists in this volume represent a range of perspectives. What is notable is that they concur that the U.S. sanctions policy is not achieving its worthy objective—progress toward constitutional change and democratization in Burma—and may be harming other U.S. strategic interests in Southeast Asia. They argue that the desperate humanitarian situation in the country should prompt U.S. policymakers to consider whether it is now appropriate to take a more realistic, engaged approach to Burma.

You are invited to join the volume’s editor, John Badgley, and four of the authors—Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Morten Pedersen, David Steinberg, and Robert Taylor—as they present their assessment of U.S. relations with Burma and the prospects for change. A brief question-and-answer session, moderated by Frederick Brown, will follow the presentations (a detailed agenda appears below).

This seminar is hosted by the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, and sponsored by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA as part of its “Asian Voices” seminar series. The National Bureau of Asian Research and the Edelman Family Foundation contributed to the publication of the essays on which the seminar is based.

 

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