The United States and Myanmar: from antagonists to security partners

Haacke, Jürgen ORCID: 0009-0006-3003-369X (2015) The United States and Myanmar: from antagonists to security partners. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 34 (2). pp. 55-83. ISSN 1868-1034

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This article provides an overview both of the considerable makeover that relations between the United States and Myanmar have undergone since Naypyidaw ushered in a programme of wide-ranging reforms, and of the main policy areas in relation to which Washington remains keen to induce further change. The article also aims to explain why, notwithstanding the significant improvement in bilateral relations and the Obama administration’s interest in also pursuing military engagement, progress in this field has remained rather limited. Focusing on the politics of US policymaking on Burma, the article argues that while the Obama administration was able to take the initiative on recalibrating US Burma policy, congressional resistance in particular, amid wider concerns shared by non-governmental organisations, has so far constrained the administration vis-à-vis US–Myanmar military-to-military relations.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/
Additional Information:	© 2015 GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of Asian Studies and Hamburg University Press.
Divisions:	International Relations
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2015 11:48
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 00:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64365

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