Burmese Days
After Burma's generals suppressed a popular uprising in 1988, overturned the opposition's overwhelming electoral victory, and arrested its leaders, India’s government initially backed the country's democrats, only to succumb to Realpolitik in later years. With Burma now opening up, has that amoral foreign-policy choice been vindicated?
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NEW DELHI – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Myanmar (Burma), noted largely for a memorable photo opportunity with a wan but smiling Aung San Suu Kyi, signaled a significant change in the geopolitics surrounding a land that has faced decades of isolation, sanctions, and widespread condemnation for its human-rights violations.