Back to Old Habits
Isolationism ot the Self-Preservation of Burma’s Military Regime
Renaud Egreteau & Larry Jagan
IRASEC, Bangkok
décembre 2008, 92 p.
ISBN : 978-974-383-406-6
English text
Table of Contents
Authors’ Biographies
Introduction
Chapter One : Isolation chosen or endured ? A Burmese history of isolationist withdrawals since Independence
1 - Neutralism, Insurgency and Autarchy : Burma’s uneasy relations with the outside world (1948-1988)
2 - Enter the SLORC : a tactical breaking out of isolation throughout the 1990s
Chapter Two : The entrenchment of the Burmese junta : the return of nationalist hardliners since 2003
1 - Depayin crackdown and its regional implications (2003)
2 - Khin Nyunt’s sacking and the purge of the “MI” (2004)
3 - Naypyidaw’s transfer and the isolation within
Chapter Three : The Politics of “Isolationism without Isolation”
1 - Backing away from ASEAN (2006-2007)
2 - Limits to the Sino-Burmese partnership
3 - Cautiously gentling with India
4 - Diversifying its partnerships outside its direct neighbourhood
Conclusion
Academic References
