2012年3月
The Vexing Strategic Tug-of-War over Naypyidaw: ASEAN's View of the Sino–Burmese Ties
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
- 巻
- 31
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 97
- 終了ページ
- 114
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1177/186810341203100106
- 出版者・発行元
- {SAGE} Publications
<jats:p> This article argues that ASEAN's policy toward Myanmar has been predominantly responsive, dictated by China's activism in the region. It posits three arguments: First, that the release of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, may have been a tactical move to convince ASEAN to award it the 2014 chairmanship and thereby consolidate the legitimacy of the current regime; second, that Thein Sein's suspension of the Myitsone Dam was a strategic move intended to please both domestic and ASEAN constituencies; and third, that Myanmar's chairmanship of ASEAN in 2014 will help justify the organisation's past approach to Burma as well as accelerate the process of community-building. The paper argues that in spite of the growing interconnectedness between ASEAN and China, ASEAN is locked in a strategic tug-of-war with China over Myanmar. Myanmar has, on multiple occasions, played upon ASEAN's suspicion of China by playing the “China card,” as I term it, forcing ASEAN to continually legitimise it through public statements. </jats:p>
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1177/186810341203100106
- ISSN : 1868-1034
- ISSN : 1868-4882
- ORCIDのPut Code : 116949925