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

by Chiraag Roy

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9781032157177
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/2024
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

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.

Table 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