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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyrights -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- World Map -- Chronology -- Chapter 1: Historical Background on the Rohingya in Burma -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. History of the Persecution of the Rohingya -- 2. The 1982 Citizenship Law Excludes the Rohingya -- 3. Rohingya are Persecuted in the Early 1990s -- 4. The Rohingya Refugee Crisis of the 2000s -- 5. Opposition Party Says Burma's Suu Kyi Wins Parliament Seat -- 6. Buddhists Attack the Rohingya in 2012 -- Chapter 2: Controversies Surrounding the Rohingya in Burma -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. The United States Supports Burma's Democratic Transformation -- 2. Burma's Democratic Transformation is Still in Doubt -- 3. The United States should not Support a Burmese Government that Oppresses the Rohingya -- 4. The World is Ignoring the Rohingya Genocide -- 5. Using Terms Like "Genocide" Will Worsen the Plight of the Rohingya -- 6. Standards of International Justice Could Help the Rohingya -- 7. Compromise and Resettlement Could Help the Rohingya -- 8. Religious Conflict Fuels Anti-Rohingya Violence -- 9. Economic Turmoil Fuels Anti-Rohingya Violence -- 10. The Rohingya may have Links to Islamic Terrorist Groups -- 11. The Rohingya have No Important Links to Islamic Terrorist Groups -- Chapter 3: Personal Narratives -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. Rohingya Survivors Describe Violent Attacks in 2012 -- 2. A Rohingya Survivor Describes Persecution and Violence -- 3. A Rohingya Survivor Describes a Terror Attack -- Organizations to Contact -- List of Primary Source Documents -- For Further Research -- Index -- Back Cover

Intro -- BURMA (MYANMAR) DEVELOPMENTS AND UNITED STATES' INTERESTS -- BURMA (MYANMAR) DEVELOPMENTS AND UNITED STATES' INTERESTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 BURMA'S APRIL PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW OF THE BY-ELECTIONS -- Who's Ran-and Who Did Not Run -- The Campaign -- THE VOTE -- THE RESULTS -- U.S. RESPONSE -- OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN BURMA -- Political Prisoner -- Ethnic Conflicts and Ceasefire Talks -- Human Rights -- IMPLICATIONS FOR CONGRESS -- Untitled -- Chapter 2 U.S. POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: ISSUES FOR THE 112th CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY BURMA? -- CURRENT U.S. POLICY -- Conduct of Policy -- The U.S. Sanctions Regime -- U.S. Aid to Burma -- Perceived Problems with U.S. Policy -- MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN BURMA IN 2010 -- The 2010 Elections -- The Release of Aung San Suu Kyi -- BURMA IN 2011 -- The New Parliaments -- The New Union Government -- President Thein Sein -- The Vice Presidents -- The Ministers -- The National Defence and Security Council and the StateSupreme Council -- Changes in the Burmese Military -- THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION -- Human Rights under the SPDC -- Human Rights under the New Government -- Political Prisoners -- BURMA'S MILITIAS AND REFUGEE PROBLEM -- The Ethnic-Based Militias -- Burma's Refugees -- THE ECONOMY -- BURMA'S RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA -- IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY -- The Sanctions Debate -- The Effectiveness of Sanctions -- The International Context -- Enforcement of Sanctions -- The Engagement Debate -- THE ROLE OF CONGRESS -- Maintenance and Enforcement of Existing Policy -- Modifying U.S. Policy -- APPENDIX A. MAP OF BURMA (INCLUDING REGIONS, STATES, AND MAJOR CITIES) -- APPENDIX B. REPORTS REQUIRED UNDER U.S. BURMA SANCTIONS LAW -- APPENDIX C. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS BY POLITICAL PARTY -- APPENDIX D. BURMA'S MINISTERS AND THEIR PORTFOLIOS

It is a charming and satisfying thing that there are still places in this world where magic seems to pervade the sights, smells, and sounds of a place more than the trappings of the so-called modern world. For more than ten years Scott Stulberg has made multiple pilgrimages to Burma (sometimes called Myanmar) to capture this sense of magic with his cameras. The result of those pilgrimages is captured here in a collection of images that display the heart and soul of this magnificent country.Burma is a place of dreams. Bagan, where two thousand pagodas carved from the native ro