Delicate Relationship, A: The United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945 Laso Illustrates how the ongoing violence

Illustrates how the ongoing violence in the Muslim south continues to pose a challenge to state legitimacy

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ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: VIEWS FROM WITHIN series is the result of a research fellowship program offered by the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation

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Delicate Relationship, A: The United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945 Laso Illustrates how the ongoing violenceIn 2012, Barack Obama became the first US president to visit Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. This marked a new period in the two countries sinuous diplomatic relationship, which Kenton Clymer examines in A Delicate Relationship. From the challenges of decolonization and heightened nationalism after World War II, to the Cold War concern with domino states, to the rise of human rights policy in the 1980s, Clymer demonstrates how Burma Myanmar has fit