David I. Steinberg
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Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, Georgetown University. Author of Turmoil in Burma: Contested Legitimacies in Myanmar and other books and articles.
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Myanmar, country, located in the western portion of mainland Southeast Asia. In 1989 the country’s official English name, which it had held since 1885, was changed from the Union of Burma to the Union of Myanmar; in the Burmese language the country has been known as Myanma (or, more precisely,…
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