Disturbing Signs of Myanmar’s Reforms Coming Undone

Disturbing Signs of Myanmar’s Reforms Coming Undone – cfr, June 7, 2012
…Even among many highly educated Burmese working for reformist think tanks and NGOs, I have heard arguments that the reform process depends largely on the relationship between President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi. And indeed, their relationship is critical. But for the reform process to really take flower, Myanmar needs institutions, and politicians need to begin investing in institutions, so that reform is not totally dependent on the relationship between two people…