Back in the Light

The year Burma turned upside down. 

BY SULOME ANDERSON | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Suu Kyi and Sein's often tense relationship would seem to be a classic example of the phrase, "politics makes strange bedfellows," but Suu Kyi has stated that she believes the president of Myanmar is truly committed to reform.

In this photo, Suu Kyi gestures as she walks out of a hotel on her way to a meeting with President Thein Sein at the president's official residence in Naypyidaw on Apr. 11.

Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images

 

Sulome Anderson is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy.