The U.S. announcement that it would reopen direct contacts with Burma/Myanmar’s military government promises a welcome change from a failed policy of twenty years of isolation and sanctions. Burma/Mya...

Keywords: Politics Abroad, Neil Englehart, Burma, State Failure, Corruption

State failure has become an increasingly important policy concern since 9/11. Strengthening or reconstructing failed states has even become an explicit goal of American foreign policy. Yet many Americ...

Having identified weak and failing states as a significant threat to both U.S. security interests and the international order, the Bush administration has failed to formulate any strategy for dealing ...