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Hedging in search of a new age of non-alignment: Myanmar between China and the USA / Fiori, Antonio; Passeri, Andrea

Fiori, Antonio	Article
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This article, hence, aims to explore the nature and patters of this ongoing process of strategic repositioning put into practice by Myanmar within the political triangle with Washington and Beijing. Against this backdrop, we will draw upon the conceptualization of ‘hedging strategy’, which identifies a set of multidimensional ‘insurance policies’ adopted by small actors in their relations vis-à-vis great powers.

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United States ; China ; Myanmar ; Hedging ; Bandwagoning

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Tender gourd among the cactus’. Making sense of Myanmar’s alignment policies through the lens of strategic culture / Passeri, Andrea

Passeri, Andrea	Journal Article
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The article sheds light on a series of cognitive features and cultural determinants ingrained in the historical evolution of Myanmar’s alignment choices vis-à-vis regional great-powers. Building upon Alastair Johnston’s conceptualisation of ‘strategic culture’, the study traces the genesis, articulation, and perpetuation of a distinctive set of beliefs and assumptions embraced by different generations of Burmese decision-makers to cope with the country’s security dilemma. Accordingly, Myanmar’s hedging attitude in the midst of the ongoing Sino-American rivalry is presented as a further manifestation of its deep-rooted neutralist practice, which was firstly employed to navigate the perilous waters of the Cold War and then evolved into a crucial standard of conduct to safeguard a relative degree of autonomy in the shadow of a rising China.

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Security ; Non-alignment ; Myanmar ; Neutralism ; Srategic Culture

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