Bibliograph

Myanmar's foreign policy under President U Thein Sein, non-aligned and diversified, Jürgen Haacke

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Label

Myanmar's foreign policy under President U Thein Sein, non-aligned and diversified, Jürgen Haacke

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Myanmar's foreign policy under President U Thein Sein

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1096436668

Responsibility statement

Jürgen Haacke

Series statement

Trends in Southeast Asia, 2016 no. 4Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

non-aligned and diversified

Summary

Given Myanmar's strategic location and the wider great power competition in Southeast Asia, how the country positions itself vis-a-vis the major powers in the reform era currently underway will have considerable bearing for the international politics of Southeast Asia. Historically, Myanmar's leaders have preferred an independent foreign policy that has also been couched in terms of neutralism and non-alignment. Following considerable tension between the stated principle of non-alignment and the practice of Myanmar's foreign policy under the SLORC/SPDC regime given U.S. pressure on Naypyitaw especially in the mid-2000s, Myanmar's threat perceptions vis-a-vis Washington have waned with the shift to the pragmatic, principled and calibrated engagement as favoured by President Obama. The Myanmar government under Thein Sein pursued a non-aligned foreign policy both in declaratory and practical terms.--, Provided by publisher

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