Myanmar’s Peace Process and the Role of Middle Power States

This book explores middle power engagement in peace processes through cases of Australian, Japanese and Norwegian engagement in Myanmar's peace process. The book is located within the fields of IR & Development Studies & will be of interest to Asian/Peace & Conflict Studies & Myanmar Politics.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of acronyms
Preface
Introduction
PART 1
Myanmar’s peace process and the relevance of middle powers
1 Myanmar’s domestic and geopolitical context
2 Theory on middle powers
3 Political economy lenses
PART 2
The peacemaking landscape – International engagement with Myanmar’s peace process
4 Major powers in Myanmar’s peace process
5 Identity and middle power peacemaking in Myanmar
6 The political economy of middle-power peacemaking in Myanmar
PART 3
Contesting the peacemaking image of middle powers
7 Middle powers as "peacemaking entrepreneurs" in Myanmar’s peace process
8 Where to for middle-power theory?
Conclusion
Appendix 1 Interview Participants
Appendix 2 Interview guiding questions
References
Index

About the author

Chiraag Roy is an International Relations scholar with research interests in International Relations theory, Asia-Pacific politics, Australian foreign policy and middle power theory.

Summary

This book explores middle power engagement in peace processes through cases of Australian, Japanese and Norwegian engagement in Myanmar’s peace process. The book is located within the fields of IR & Development Studies & will be of interest to Asian/Peace & Conflict Studies & Myanmar Politics.

Product details

• Authors: Chiraag Roy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032157177
• ISBN: 978-1-032-15717-7
• No. of pages: 150
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
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