Question: How have international relations developed due to the recent political changes in Burma ? 
Answer: relations have thawed since the reforms following the 2010 elections.

Question: What did the United States do in response to the reform changes of the 2010 Burma elections ? 
Answer: the United States relaxed curbs on foreign aid to Myanmar in November 2011 and announced the resumption of diplomatic relations

Question: What type of activity has the European Union engaged in in response to the reforms made in Burma ?
Answer: sanctions on Myanmar, including an arms embargo, cessation of trade preferences, and suspension of all aid with the exception of humanitarian aid.

Question: How did the United States treat Myanmar prior to the changes made in Burmese government ? 
Answer: years of diplomatic isolation and economic and military sanctions

Question: How are international businesses discouraged from operating in Burma?
Answer: Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts

Question: What was the result for internationals companies attempting to conduct business in Burma ? 
Answer: the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies

Question: Who called for the sanctions in Burma to be given reprieve ?
Answer: British Prime Minister David Cameron

Question: What did Aung San Suu Kyi become a part of in Burma ?
Answer: the Burmese parliament

Question: How do Asian countries feel about the European attitude towards Burma ?
Answer: Asian corporations have generally remained willing to continue investing in the country and to initiate new investments

Question: What is a popular business for international Asian countries in Burma ?
Answer: natural resource extraction.

Question: What two countries does Burma have Superior relationships with ?
Answer: India and China

Question: What is the benefit to the two countries involved in the  India Look East policy ?
Answer: fields of co-operation between India and Myanmar include remote sensing, oil and gas exploration, information technology, hydro power and construction

Question: Why did India stop supporting the military in Myanmar in 2008 ?
Answer: over the issue of human rights abuses by the ruling junta

Question: Did the military sanctions imposed by India affect the business workings of it's relations in Burma ?
Answer: it has preserved extensive commercial ties

Question: Who helped to improve the relations between India and Burma?
Answer: Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and his wife Ludmila

Question: What city in Burma was visited by the envoy from India 
Answer: the capital, Naypyidaw

Question: Who is the first official Burmese delegate to visit the white house following the 2010 elections in Burma ?
Answer: Thein Sein became the first Myanmar president to visit the White House in 47 years

Question: When was the most prior visit from a Burmese representative to the  United States prior to 2010 ? 
Answer: the last Burmese leader to visit the White House was Ne Win in September 1966

Question: Was the visit from the Burmese delegate welcome in the United States in 2010?
Answer: Political activists objected to the visit due to concerns over human rights abuses in Myanmar

Question: Did the visit to the United States result in the release of political prisoners in Burma ? 
Answer: leaders discussed to release more political prisoners

Question: What agreements were made in the visit to the United States by the Burmese in the 21 century ?
Answer: to sign a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement on 21 May 2013.

Question: What country has provided Burma with the most military aid ?
Answer: Myanmar has received extensive military aid from China

Question: How long has Burma participated in the group ASEAN ?
Answer: Myanmar has been a member of ASEAN since 1997

Question: What year was Myanmar the host for the ASEAN conference?
Answer: hosted the summit in 2014

Question: What event caused tension between Burma and Bangladesh in 2008 ?
Answer: natural gas in a disputed block of the Bay of Bengal

Question: What is the name of the military in Burma ?
Answer: Tatmadaw

Question: How large is the military of Burma ? 
Answer: numbers 488,000

Question: Which traditional branches of the military does Burma have?
Answer: Army, the Navy, and the Air Force

Question: What ranking does Burma hold for the number of troops currently serving on active military duty ?
Answer: The country ranked twelfth in the world for its number of active troops in service.

Question: From where does Burma receive most of its military artillery ?
Answer: Myanmar imports most of its weapons from Russia, Ukraine, China and India.

Question: What did the United adopt in reference to Burma annually until 2005 ?
Answer: Until 2005, the United Nations General Assembly annually adopted a detailed resolution about the situation in Myanmar by consensus.

Question: What occurred in the United Nations general convening in 2006 ?
Answer: voted through a resolution that strongly called upon the government of Myanmar to end its systematic violations of human rights.

Question: What did China and Russia both do in 2008 ?
Answer: vetoed a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council calling on the government of Myanmar

Question: What other countries were in disagreement with the United Nations decision on Burma ?
Answer: South Africa

Question: What is the general view of Burma ?
Answer: military regime in Myanmar is one of the world's most repressive and abusive regimes

Question: Who is Samantha Power?
Answer: Barack Obama's Special Assistant to the President on Human Rights

Question: What did Ms Powers write concerning Burma ?
Answer: "Serious human rights abuses against civilians in several regions continue, including against women and children

Question: What are the names of some of the  human right organizations that have been involved in Burmese relations. 
Answer: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Question: In 2011 what did the group Freedom House say concerning the Burma military?
Answer: The military junta has ... suppressed nearly all basic rights; and committed human rights abuses with impunity

Question: How many prisoners are still held in Burma on political crimes?
Answer: In July 2013, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners indicated that there were approximately 100 political prisoners being held

Question: How are children used in the conflicts in Burma?
Answer: Child soldiers have and continue to play a major part in the Burmese Army as well as Burmese rebel movements.

Question: How are children obtained for use as solders in Burma ? 
Answer: Children are being sold as conscripts into the Burmese military for as little as $40 and a bag of rice or a can of petrol

Question: How many child solders were released from the Burmese military in 2012 ?
Answer: the Myanmar Armed Forces released 42 child soldiers

Question: What section of the Burmese population is routinely discriminated against ?
Answer: The Rohingya people

Question: When was the citizenship laws placed into effect in Burma ?
Answer: 1982

Question: How does one become a full citizen in Burma ?
Answer: Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races

Question: What races are considered for full citizenship in Burma?
Answer: national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee

Question: What happens if one is not able to prove ancestral claim on full citizenship ?
Answer: Associate citizenship is given to those who cannot prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823

Question: When did the Rohingya lose citizenship rights in Burma?
Answer: the Rohingya have been denied Burmese citizenship since the enactment of a 1982 citizenship law