By Editor-in-Chief Ross Dunkley... "STARTING with the recognition of Myanmar as the official name of the country, a powerful and compelling independent report commissioned by the European Union has called for an alternative, sweeping approach on how best to help Myanmar achieve national reconciliation, develop its economy and build a civil society. Its backbone emanates from recognition that the EU?s strategy in the past 15 years has been a failure - that now is the opportune time to move away from a US-led ideology based on isolation and sanctions which have had negative effects on the Myanmar people and society. The report challenges the EU to take the unique opportunity and lead a renewed and more effective effort to help Myanmar fulfil its aspiration for a freer and better life. It also highlights the vital importance of governance and economic factors in generating the conditions for a sustainable political opening toward a more democratic society..."