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Abstract: "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.".....
Keywords: US?Myanmar relations, US Burma policy, military engagement,
congressional foreign policy entrepreneurship
Source/publisher:
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs , 34, 2
Date of Publication:
2015-09-04
Date of entry:
2015-10-07
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English
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