Middle powers as 'peacemaking entrepreneurs' in Myanmar's peace process 2011–2021.
Middle powers were visible actors in Myanmar's peace-donor landscape, from the beginning of that country's peace process in 2011 until the 2021 coup. Considering Myanmar's longstanding dependency on China and generally difficult relationship with larger powers, this appears to be significant. Howeve...
| Publicado en: | Pacific Review Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 884 - 913 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=179435667&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 179435667 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 09512748 5C0 jtl: Pacific Review issn: 09512748 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2024 vid: 37 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 179435667 10.1080/09512748.2023.2264520 ppf: 884 ppct: 29 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.6MB tig: atl: Middle powers as 'peacemaking entrepreneurs' in Myanmar's peace process 2011–2021. aug: au: Roy, Chiraag Ware, Anthony Laoutides, Costas affil: Independent Researcher School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia su: Peace negotiations International relations theory Businesspeople Scholarly method Computer performance Myanmar sug: subj: Myanmar Peace negotiations International relations theory Businesspeople Scholarly method Computer performance keyword: Entrepreneurial states international relations theory middle powers peace processes ab: Middle powers were visible actors in Myanmar's peace-donor landscape, from the beginning of that country's peace process in 2011 until the 2021 coup. Considering Myanmar's longstanding dependency on China and generally difficult relationship with larger powers, this appears to be significant. However, the literature on middle powers remains incapacitated by a definitional opacity that makes application of the term difficult, despite consistent references to their mediating capabilities. Recent scholarship has applied an 'entrepreneurial' lens to understanding middle power behaviour, implying middle powers are driven by a confluence of material and ideational factors. Based on fieldwork interviews with over fifty informants examining Norwegian, Japanese and Australian engagement with peacemaking in Myanmar 2011–2021, this paper expands on the entrepreneurial label and argues that middle powers in Myanmar acted as peacemaking entrepreneurs—as actors that traded upon their peacemaking reputations to secure concomitant material benefits. Nevertheless, this paper argues that engaging in peacemaking entrepreneurship proved to be problematic in Myanmar's context, given it tended to favour incumbent power. Indeed, in stark contrast to theoretical assumptions of these actors as neutral intermediaries, this paper raises serious questions about the contribution of middle powers in peacemaking. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pacific Review is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pacific Review holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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