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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484428003321

Autore

Peng Nian

Titolo

International pressures, strategic preference, and Myanmar's China policy since 1988 / / Nian Peng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

981-15-7816-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 183 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

327.51059

Soggetti

Diplomatic relations

Burma Foreign relations China History

China Foreign relations Burma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Myanmar’s Contradictory Strategic Preference -- Swing to China:Myanmar’s China Policy (1988-2004) -- Alienated from China: Myanmar’s China Policy (2005-2010) -- Hedged against China: Myanmar’s China Policy (2011-2015) -- Approached to China:Myanmar’s China Policy (2016-2020).

Sommario/riassunto

This book mainly explored the driving forces and evolvement of Myanmar’s China policy since 1988 by adopting a neo-classical realist apporach, an emerging theoretical paradigm aiming at analyzing state’s foreign behaviour by connecting systemic and unit variables which refers to external environments and domestic restraints respectively. It is the first book that seeks to give a theoretical explanation of Myanmar’s diplomacy, thereby bridging the gap from basic research to the deep one with theories. It also introduced the concept of strategic preference and argued that the competing strategic preference that the Burmese leaders have, namely “integration” and “isolation”, determines Myanmar’s responses to China in the Post-Cold War era, which not only demonstrates the neo-classical realism as an useful instrument of looking into state’s foreign policy and deepens the understanding on Myanmar-China relations. The main content of this book is divided into seven parts, in which the first chapter introduces the background, the



present study on Myanmar’s China policy and China’s Myanmar policy, the analytical framework, and the arrangement of the content. Chapter 2 focuses on the roots and changes of Myanmar’s competing strategic preference as well as its influences on Myanmar’s foreign policy. The following four chapters examine the international pressures and benefits imposed by systemic imperatives, and Burmese leaders’ specific strategic preference since 1988, and investigate Myanmar’s policy towards China in different periods. Finally, it provides a comprehensive conclusion that outlines and reviews the origins and evolution of Myanmar’s China policy, and predicts its future directions. This book is suitable for the graduates and experts who are interested in international relations, the Asian studies and neo-classical realism in particular, and Myanmar politics and foreign relations, as well as China’s relation with neighboring countries. .