Myanmar's Foreign Policy under President U Thein Sein: Non-aligned and Diversified / / Jurgen Haacke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Haacke, Jurgen,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (29 p.)

Given Myanmar's strategic location and the wider great power competition in Southeast Asia, how the country positions itself vis-à-vis the major powers in the reform era currently under way 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-à-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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATIONS WITH CHINA -- RELATIONS WITH INDIA -- RELATIONS WITH JAPAN -- RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- THE OUTLOOK FOLLOWING THE 2015 ELECTIONS -- CONCLUSION