Myanmar's ethnic cleansing and the use of rape as a weapon of war has generated global condemnation. Yet not long ago Myanmar was hailed for its transition from a military junta to a fledgling democracy. At the center of this conflict is the question of national identity, which was heavily influenced by the independence movement in response to colonization by the British Empire. 

Pastor Bob Roberts Jr., founder of NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas
Harrison Akins, research fellow at the University of Tennessee’s Howard Baker Center for Public Policy