Chapter One. Isolation chosen or endured? A Burmese history of isolationist withdrawals since Independence
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3 juillet 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.irasec.515
- isbn: 9789743834066
- eisbn: 9782956447061
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Renaud Egreteau et al., « Chapter One. Isolation chosen or endured? A Burmese history of isolationist withdrawals since Independence », Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine, ID : 10.4000/books.irasec.515
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Like many States throughout History, Burma had since its Independence in 1948 conducted a foreign policy guided by its geography. At the crossroads between the Indian Subcontinent, the Chinese world and the rest of continental Southeast Asia, Burma undoubtedly boasts a profound strategic position. However, it is also suitably encircled by a protective horseshoe of mid-range hills, which are inhabited by ethnic minorities and tribal groups who have always acted as a buffer between the Burman h...