TY - BOOK AU - HAACKE Jurgen TI - Myanmar's foreign policy: domestic influences and international implications SN - 0415407265 (pbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - BURMA KW - FOREIGN POLICY KW - FOREIGN RELATIONS KW - ASEAN KW - JAPAN KW - WESTERN POWERS KW - MYNMANR KW - UNITED NATIONS N2 - This study of the evolution of Myanmar's foreign policy shows how the country has been able to leverage the interests of neighbouring India and above all China in its dealings with the outside world. Priorities are said to be state building, development, and the need to defend the regime so that it can create an enduring constitution - an objective that takes precedence over democratisation. Chapter three deals with Myanmar's relations with ASEAN ER -