Myanmar – Rohingya Muslims and US Realpolitik
Maung Zarni
14-Nov-14 08:35
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“Parts of the reform effort have stalled, parts have moved forward and parts, we’ve seen, have even moved backward, so it’s a mixed picture,” said US deputy National Security Adviser Benjamin J. Rhodes. If Barack Obama would like a foreign policy success Myanmar might not be it especially as the plight of Rohingya Muslims deepen. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen calls it a “slow genocide”. Will Obama be able to give this pressing human rights concern equal focus against the competing demands of US strategic and economic interests? We explore.
This is a report by Haniff Baharudin
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Tags: barack obama, myanmar, rohingya, human rights