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Ask the Expert: Myanmar

Sally Steenland on the Moral and Practical Gains of Humanitarian Intervention

By Sally Steenland | May 22, 2008

Why should the United States and international community help the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar? What are our options given the principles of national sovereignty? And does the United States have anything to gain from humanitarian intervention in Myanmar?

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