The Need for a Political Pact

Burma today is in the midst of what will likely be a drawn-out game of political transition. It is going from a highly authoritarian military regime to something else. It is by no means clear that this will be a transition to democracy—or that the long-ruling military intends genuine democracy to be the destination. If the 2015 elections are to produce a viable democracy rather than a repeat of the 1990 calamity or a deeply resented and unstable...