BURMA still stands alone, isolated and the target of sanctions, but it has not changed. In 1997, driven by Indonesia—at the time under Suharto—the ASEAN nations offered a new approach: embracing, rather than ostracizing Burma. Constructive engagement was the term used. The red carpet was rolled out, and Burma—under this same military junta—joined the ASEAN family. A world that had run out of patience with the military regime’s arbitrary