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3 juillet 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.irasec.514
- isbn: 9789743834066
- eisbn: 9782956447061
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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démocratie liberté armée société civile régime political transition transition politique Myanmar Burma Birmanie junte tatmadaw autarcie democracy freedom Civil Society army junta autarchy Asian Studies POL054000 JPASujets proches
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Renaud Egreteau et al., « Introduction », Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine, ID : 10.4000/books.irasec.514
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For many observers, the Burmese junta’s (or State Peace and Development Council - SPDC) xenophobic response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, clearly reflected the paroxysm of the paranoid and isolationist tendencies of a military regime which has been cleverly clinging on to power since 1962. By shunning international (or more specifically Western) aid, the Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) intended to prove it was the sole saviour of the countr...