Well, wouldn't you agree that one of the reasons that Burma hasn't made that choice is that they've had sanctions on them, and once sanctions were lifted--for instance, in Vietnam, once the trade embargo was lifted in 1994, it enabled a different type of interaction from the outside world, not only economic but on many different levels.
Webb discusses the impact of sanctions on Burma's economic choices.
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