Truth in Reform: Reversing Fifty Years of Information Suppression in Burma
Abstract
Since 2011, Burma has taken a series positive, but not irreversible, steps to depart from a 50-year history of draconian controls on information content, communicators and connectivity. In parallel to these reform actions, the government has embarked on a massive effort to build telecommunications infrastructure to make information available to a wider range of its citizens. Encouragement of principled private investment, infused with human rights protections, in selected telecommunications technologies represents a positive way for the U.S. to help Burma continue, and make permanent, their recent reforms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 30, 2014
- Accession Number
- AD1045346
Entities
People
- Brian R. Denman
Organizations
- Naval War College