Accession Number:

ADA247027

Title:

Burma on the Brink: Complications for U.S. Policy in Burma

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Rogers, Edward W.

Report Date:

1991-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

163.0

Abstract:

This thesis discusses the issues and circumstances present in Burma which have complicated and frustrated U.S. counter-narcotics efforts and overall U.S. policy in the past. The thesis attempts to forecast the future of Burma and suggests needed reforms for development. Potential U.S. policy is proposed which accounts for the political instability and economic decline of Burma while remaining within internationally recognized guidelines. Burma, Counter- Narcotics, Drug War Golden Triangle Burma Internal Insurgencies U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia.

Descriptors:

• *FOREIGN POLICY
• *DRUG SMUGGLING
• *BURMA
• THESES
• INSTABILITY
• HEROIN
• SOUTHEAST ASIA
• ASIA
• NARCOTICS

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE