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| December 18, 2012 Your Weekly Update from The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center |  |  |  |  Reverse Road Map for Burma Sanctions
By Walter Lohman
President Barack Obama’s November visit to Burma showcased his Administration’s approach to Burma. It is one of gentle persuasion and positive reinforcement, except for sanctions tightly targeted at specific individuals and entities. In the President’s words, he seeks to extend a hand to an unclenching fist.
Whether encouraged by Administration outreach or not—and the Administration has presented developments in Burma as both—change is afoot. The Burmese government has undertaken a series of reforms at a pace no one anticipated just a few short years ago. Still, the U.S. needs a policy response that is more than lifting sanctions and setting broad objectives if it is to achieve its long-held, bipartisan goal of liberty for the Burmese people. There must be a clear downside for the regime if it falls short.
The Administration has repeatedly emphasized that reforms in Burma are not “irreversible.” Congress should reinforce this by affirming precise criteria and tying failure of the Burmese regime to achieve them to re-imposition of the major sanctions already lifted. In so doing, Congress will reassert its traditional role in Burma policy.
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