What Myanmar Should Do about the Myitsone Dam

Mar 31, 2016 | Jared MacDonald
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The issue of the Myitsone dam has been a thorny one. The Chinese project not only bears upon Myanmar’s foreign relations, economic development, and peace process with ethnic armed groups; it also has garnered widespread attention domestically and internationally as a bellwether issue by which the new government’s policy orientation and resolve might be judged, rightfully or wrongfully. It is thus crucial that the issue be approached and resolved quickly and decisively.