Table of Contents

Part One: The Moment 1. Outside Interests, Inside Challenges 2. The New Policy of Pragmatic Engagement Part Two: Strategic Pressures 3. The Policies of China and India toward Myanmar 4. India-Myanmar Relations: A Strategic Perspective 5. Myanmar's Relations with North Korea 6. Misfit on the Margin of Southeast Asia Part Three: Myanmar in the ASEAN Community 7. ASEAN's Policy of Enhanced Interactions 8. The Last Bus to Nay Pyi Taw Part Four: National Reconciliation 9. Problems with the Process of Reconciliation 10. A Personal View of Reconciliation Part Five: Economic Outlook 11. Boom on the Route from Ruili to Mandalay 12. Recapitalizing the Rural Economy

About the Author

"Lex Rieffel is a nonresident senior fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution."