'The rock that can't be moved': China's revised geostrategies in Myanmar

• Published in: Pacific review Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 37 - 55
• Main Author: Lanteigne, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: belt and road; bounded rationality; China; Democratization; Elections; Foreign policy; geostrategy; International community; Military regimes; Myanmar; Power; Rationality; Reforms; Resilience; resilience networks; Zero sum games; China; Myanmar (Burma)

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 domina...