"How did one of the world's "buzzy hotspots" (Fodor's 2013) become one of the top ten places to avoid (Fodor's 2018)? Less than a decade ago, the world cheered as a dictatorship crumbled and internationally beloved Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from twenty years of house arrest. Yet just three years after her landslide victory at the polls, the country stands accused of war crimes and the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims. As an historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U was part of the momentous changes that pulled Burma toward democracy, working with the ex-generals and meeting many of the country's biggest supporters, from Bono to Barack Obama. Yet no one was prepared to Burma's underlying challenges, from fast- rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, and the impacts of climate change, to the rise of China next door and the issues of race, religion, and "national identity" deeply rooted in the country's traumatic colonial past. In this riveting insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, Thant Myint-U shows that Burma's perils, far from being unique, are many of the same facing all of us. Burma is a warning for the world"--;New world -- Changing lanes -- Drifting to dystopia -- Tempest -- Fighting chance -- Alignment -- Blood and belonging -- Virtual transitions -- Unfinished nation.

"世界上 "热闹的热点 "之一（《Fodor's》2013年）是如何成为十大避开的地方之一的（《Fodor's》2018年）？不到十年前，世界为独裁政权的崩溃和受国际爱戴的诺贝尔奖得主昂山素季从二十年的软禁中走出来而欢呼。然而，就在她在投票中取得压倒性胜利的三年后，这个国家却被指控犯有战争罪，并驱逐了数十万罗兴亚穆斯林。作为一名历史学家、前外交官和总统顾问，丹敏宇是将缅甸拉向民主的重大变革的一部分，他与前将军们一起工作，并与该国许多最大的支持者会面，从波诺到奥巴马。然而，没有人准备好应对缅甸的潜在挑战，从快速上升的不平等、国家机构的解体、气候变化的影响，到隔壁中国的崛起，以及深深扎根于该国创伤性殖民历史的种族、宗教和 "民族身份 "问题。在这本引人入胜的内部人士对一个处于崩溃边缘的国家的诊断中，丹明宇表明，缅甸的危险远非独一无二，而是我们所有人都面临的许多相同问题。缅甸是对世界的一个警告"--；新世界--改变路线--漂移到二元世界--暴风雨--战斗的机会--结盟--血缘和归属--虚拟过渡--未完成的国家。