Foreword
Myanmar,also known as Burma, islocated in a part of Asia that is rich innatural resources and economic potential. For more than five decades, however,the country has suffered from a political and economic crisis that hasalienated it from the international community and turned it into one of theworld’s poorest nations. The Britishgranted Burmaindependence in 1947, but in 1962, communist General Ne Win staged a coup,banned political opposition, suspended the constitution, and introduced “theBurmese way of socialism. Since then, the country has been ruled by asuccession of authoritarian military regimes dominated by the majority Burmeseethnic group. In 1988, responding to years…
