Priscilla Clapp

Activists say Myanmar elections are cause for west to revise sanctions

Officials and advocates say that Europe and the United States should use the seemingly successful Myanmar elections as a reason to justify a broad rollback of the sanctions that have been levied against the southeast Asian nation for decades.

After Burma Elections: Time to Lift Sanctions?

Global Politics
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