Whats being done diplomatically to defuse the crisis in Burma?
Trevor Wilson: Things have unfolded slowly there, making it a classic case where you could employ preventive diplomacy. So far the world has stood by. There have been few statements made and nobody is visiting Burma at the highest level. Organizations inside Burma, like the various United Nations agencies or the International Red Cross, are constrained in what they can do. China has the most influence but has been reluctant to criticize its client state. We’ve missed opportunities. I’m not saying anybody in particular is to blame, but there is no process, no mechanism, by which the international community can initiate conflict resolution with Burma’s military government to prevent another 1988. Is it already too late? Whether it is too late or not depends, obviously, on what happens, and whether the military authorities have started the process of suppressing [demonstrations]. If the curfew and moving [Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident] Aung San Suu Kyi to jail are part of a strategy
