Asia Society Task Force
Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma / Myanmar
Washington D.C. – Wednesday, March 31 at 10:00am
New York – Wednesday, April 7 at 8:30am (with live webcast)
As the Obama administration turns to the thorny issue of engaging Burma’s authoritarian government, a new Asia Society Task Force report to be released on March 31, offers a detailed strategy that positions the United States to respond effectively and flexibly to the twists and turns that a potential transition in Burma may take over time. The Task Force’s report, entitled Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma: Options for U.S. Policy, recommends framing U.S. policy toward Burma based on changes taking place in the country with careful consideration of how the instruments at its disposal, including both the engagement and sanctions sides of the equation, can be tapped to encourage political and economic reform. In addition to the report of the Task Force, the Asia Society is simultaneously releasing a wide-ranging review of Asian policy toward Burma, incorporating perspectives from leading experts in nine Asian countries, including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand.
The global launch of the U.S. Task Force report and the collection of reports from Asia will be held at events on March 31, 2010 at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. and at the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies in Manila, and on April 7 in at the Asia Society in New York City and at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations in New Delhi. Copies of the report will be available online for viewing and downloading as of March 31 at http://www.asiasociety.org/BurmaMyanmarReport
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Task Force Co-Chairs
Wesley K. Clark, U.S. Army (ret.) General; Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkel Center
Henrietta H. Fore, Former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Chairman and CEO, Holsman International
Project Director
Suzanne DiMaggio, Director of Policy Studies, Asia Society
Task Force Members
Donald Emmerson, Director, Southeast Asia Forum, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
George Packer, Writer, The New Yorker
Thomas Pickering, Former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Myanmar
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
James Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University
Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics; Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Prof. of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University
George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute
Richard Williamson, Former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan; Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
Partner Institutions in Asia
Macquarie University, Australia
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
Japan Institute of International Affairs
Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Philippines
Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Institute of Security and International Studies, Thailand
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