The international community must renew its focus on and prioritize the underlying crisis in Burma—politics. And June 19 seems like the perfect date to start.
As the referendum on the junta's proposed constitution approaches, the political model of elite-driven transition loses relevance and the calls for public action become louder.
If leverage is the ticket to mediation, the United Nations’ effort to bring about political reconciliation in Burma has proved increasingly powerless in the past few months.
