The rock that can't be moved

China's revised geostrategies in Myanmar

Bibliographic Data

ID8090045
AuthorsMarc Lanteigne (0000-0001-9152-9951, Massey University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume32
Issue1
Pages37-55
Publication date2017-12-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Pacific Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-2748 • E-ISSN: 1470-1332
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09512748.2017.1419276
OpenAlexW2780086919
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited18

Since 2011, Myanmar has undertaken a series of domestic and foreign policy reforms, including democratisation and peacebuilding, before and after the watershed November 2015 elections in the country. These reform processes have called into question whether China, which has been Myanmar's dominant great power neighbour throughout the previous era of military government in the country formerly known as Burma, would find its strategic position eroding as Myanmar further opens to the international community. However, the concept of China ‘losing’ diplomatic ground to other actors, including the West, in Myanmar implies a zero-sum game that does not adequately address Beijing's still-formidable geostrategic presence vis-à-vis its southern neighbour. China has now started to implement a more multi-faceted, ‘resilience network’-building approach to maintaining its special status in Myanmar's foreign policy, a situation which will persist as Myanmar continues its uncertain path towards further reform

Beijing · China · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Resilience (materials science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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