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U.S. Faces Policy Challenge On Myanmar

Aug. 12, 2009
The news out of Myanmar that opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Syu Kyi would be spending another 18 months under house detention was met with widespread condemnation around the world. But the question still remains: How can the U.S. and its partners influence the military junta in the...
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