A Delicate Relationship: The United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945

July 21, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mānoa Campus, John A. Burns Hall, Room 3012 Add to Calendar

This presentation by Dr. Kenton Clymer will survey the changing relations between the U.S. and Burma since World War II. The importance of Burma in the American imagination during the early Cold War had diminished significantly until 8 August 1988, when the Revolution of 8888 and the emergence of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi put Burma squarely into focus again with much disagreement about how to respond to the brutality of the military junta. This talk will explore the debate about imposing strong sanctions on Burma, the change in policy under President Obama, the impact of the sanctions, and the degree to which concerns about China affect American policy toward Myanmar.

Kenton Clymer is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History and Associate of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University. He has written several books about American relations with the Philippines, India, and Cambodia. His history of U.S. relations with Cambodia won the Robert H. Ferrell Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. A Delicate Relationship (Cornell University Press, 2015) is his latest book.

Free admission; Limited seating

RSVP by Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Paid parking available on UH Manoa campus


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East-West Center, Mānoa Campus

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944-7111, EWCInfo@EastWestCenter.org

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