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Carrots and Sticks for Democratisation in Bnrma: Policies of the EU and the ASEAN

Carrots and Sticks for Democratisation in Bnrma: Policies of the EU and the ASEAN and INTRODUCTION During the past decade, many developing countries have undergone great transformations - a phenomenon often referred to as 'the third wave of democratisation'. Being part of this international trend, the people of Burma demonstrated as early as in 1990 their desire to restore democracy and basic human rights by giving their mandate to the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the general elections. Thousands of Burmese have sacrificed their lives in pushing for a political opening towards a democratic transition, which the military regime has resisted at all cost by suppressing the implementation of the popular mandate. Conventional wisdom, as expressed by various policy think-tanks and governments within the region, holds that a democratic Burma can effectively address the problems of both domestic and global concerns such as human rights, drugs and refugees, but that the international community can do nothing to make this outcome more likely. Conventional wisdom may be right on the first count, but probably wrong on the second. In Burma's struggle for democratic change, a propitious international environment could make a difference for victory in favour of the forces of change. It is widely recognised that the current political situation in Burma http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights in Development Online Brill

Carrots and Sticks for Democratisation in Bnrma: Policies of the EU and the ASEAN

Human Rights in Development Online , Volume 5 (1): 46 – Jan 1, 1998

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0801-8049
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and INTRODUCTION During the past decade, many developing countries have undergone great transformations - a phenomenon often referred to as 'the third wave of democratisation'. Being part of this international trend, the people of Burma demonstrated as early as in 1990 their desire to restore democracy and basic human rights by giving their mandate to the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the general elections. Thousands of Burmese have sacrificed their lives in pushing for a political opening towards a democratic transition, which the military regime has resisted at all cost by suppressing the implementation of the popular mandate. Conventional wisdom, as expressed by various policy think-tanks and governments within the region, holds that a democratic Burma can effectively address the problems of both domestic and global concerns such as human rights, drugs and refugees, but that the international community can do nothing to make this outcome more likely. Conventional wisdom may be right on the first count, but probably wrong on the second. In Burma's struggle for democratic change, a propitious international environment could make a difference for victory in favour of the forces of change. It is widely recognised that the current political situation in Burma

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Published: Jan 1, 1998

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