OPINION: Burma moves toward acceptable authoritarianism like most of Southeast Asia - A. Lin Neumann

Asia Sentinel, 23 Sep 2011
Having installed a military-approved government through controlled elections in 2010, Burma is coming out of its cocoon and the international community is getting ready to accept one of its most errant members back into the fold. The process will get a big boost next month when Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa visits to assess whether the country is ready to take its turn in 2014 as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Full story