The Special Economic Zone of Thilawa epitomizes the essence of Japan’s new ‘infrastructural means for strategic ends’ approach to ODA policy, inaugurated by Abe.
The Tatmadaw may still be satisfied enough with the semi-democratic regime it created and may want to return to it at some point – just after securing a suitable Commander-in-Chief and fixing some issues it is not entirely happy about.
[IT] Il capitolo scritto da Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università degli Studi di Torino) per il libro di Alessandro Quarenghi "Trump contro l'ordine internazionale. La politica estera degli Stati Uniti nella transizione contemporanea".
“Outside a truly limited number of countries that occupy a strategic position in Chinese diplomacy like Russia and North Korea, China is willing to provide economic and diplomatic support and sell weapons and train security forces. Yet, when push comes to shove, Beijing will stand aside, never truly committed to the survival of any regime.”