"...The burning question in Washington about Myanmar?s transition is: are things regressing, stalled, or moving forward? The short answer is all of the above. The Union of Myanmar is in the third year of a historic transition. Like other comparable transitions of countries emerging from decades of misrule and repression, the process is exceedingly complex and cannot be reduced to simple, categorical, or fixed characterizations. Change is fluid and nonlinear, spread across the multiple, interlocking sectors: health and development, human rights, constitutional change, electoral preparations, the search for peace, and economic reform and revitalization. A transition scorecard paints a mixed picture that is simultaneously positive, bewildering, and downright frustrating. Myanmar elicits a full range of emotions and interpretations. The current process unfolding calls for humility, patience, realism, and the long view. A rush to snap judgments is ill-advised. For better or worse, Myanmar is presently beset with turbulence and uncertainty...What follows is a summary of CSIS?s observations and thoughts on strengthening U.S. support for Myanmar?s transition. It attempts to synthesize, succinctly and fairly, what was learned through rich conversations with a multitude of individuals representing diverse interests and perspectives..."