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The cure for freedom in Burma

Nobel Prize Laureate Amartya Sen’s reflections

The Economy Nobel Prize laureate in The Financial Timessuggests some strategies to compel thr Country to undertake liberal reforms.
In the economist’s opinion it is convenient to eliminate the sanctions that “hurt the Burmese people” and replace them with restrictions involving the dictatorship such as “an embargo on arms and armaments of all kinds and […]on the commodities – from minerals and gems to oil and gas – that yield huge profits to the regime ".

“Travel bans on the personnel running the regime, or those closely associated with it, can be effectively pursued. Financial restrictions on large transactions that come from businesses in which the military rulers are directly or indirectly involved would help too.", writes the Nobel Laureate.

Neighbouring States actively support the regime, and they are not alone. According to the Nobel laureate "Several Western countries have strong business relations with Burma, for example in oil. But as yet neither the European Union, nor the US, nor indeed Switzerland, Australia or Canada, has used the power of financial sanctions against the regime. Western countries are sharp on rhetoric in denouncing Burma’s rulers. But given they do not do what is entirely within their power to do, it is harder to persuade China, India and Thailand to do the right thing as well."

"Finally, we have to start thinking about how a post-military government should deal with the culprits of the past, both because that will be an important issue in a non-defeatist scenario, and because it is part of the considerations that make the present-day rulers decide what they can reasonably expect if they yield. Here there is something to learn from the intellectual leadership of Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, about not threatening bloody revenge but opting for the sagacity of offering safety in exchange for remorse".

New pressure can oust Burma’s generals, by Amartya Sen, The Financial Times, 21 November 201
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25 November 2010

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