Soldiers and Diplomacy addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma s foreign policy. The authors, a political scientist and a former top Asia editor for the BBC, provide a fresh perspective on Burma s foreign and security policies, which have shifted between pro-active diplomacies of neutralism and non- alignment, and autarkical policies of isolation and xenophobic nationalism. They argue that important elements of continuity underlie Burma s striking postcolonial policy changes and contrasting diplomatic practices. Among the defining factors here are the...
Soldiers and Diplomacy addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma s foreign policy. The authors, a political scientist an...
This book examines the political landscape that took shape in Myanmar after the 2010 elections and the subsequent transition from direct military rule to a quasi-civilian 'hybrid' regime. Striking political, social, and economic transformations have indeed taken place in the long-isolated country since the military junta was disbanded in March 2011. To better construe - and question - what has routinely been labelled a 'Burmese Spring', Egreteau examines the reasons behind the ongoing political transition, as well as the role of the Burmese armed forces in that process, drawing on in-depth...
This book examines the political landscape that took shape in Myanmar after the 2010 elections and the subsequent transition from direct military rule...
