Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Michael Green, a CSIS senior advisor, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Cyclone Death Toll Could Top 10,000, Myanmar Says."
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Michael Green, a CSIS senior advisor, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Cyclone Death Toll Could Top 10,000, Myanmar Says."
he government of Myanmar said today that the death toll from a weekend cyclone would surpass 10,000, with potentially hundreds of thousands of people left homeless.
The new toll marked a sharp escalation from the previous official tally of 351.
Mike Green, a former National Security Council expert on Asia, said in an interview that it was unclear whether the cyclone would provide an opportunity for the United States to engage Myanmar, because "the government has been hermit-like."
"This will be a real test case," said Green, who is a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, adding that any acceptance of U.S. assistance "would be significant."
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