<P> A pariah state (also called an international pariah or a global pariah) is a nation considered to be an outcast in the international community . A pariah state may face international isolation, sanctions or even an invasion by nations who find its policies, actions, or its very existence unacceptable . </P> <P> Until the past few centuries, the authority to designate a nation as an outcast, or pariah state, was relatively clear, often resting with religious authorities . (E.g., "the Ottoman Empire for example was regarded as an outcast by European States" since the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 until the nineteenth century on a "religious basis .") In more recent times, however, the criteria for and attached implications of pariah statehood, as well as the designating authorities, are the subject of much disagreement . For example, the Nigerian scholar Olawale Lawal has stated: </P> <P> There are so many open questions on the issue of Pariah State . For instance who determines a Pariah State and how a nation becomes a Pariah State...This becomes more profound when one realizes that a nation that is an outcast in one region, has diplomatic and friendly relations with others . </P>

Which of the following not one of the reasons myanmar is considered a pariah state