Burma and nuclear proliferation : policies and perceptions /
Andrew Selth
- Brisbane : Griffith University, 2007
- 28 p.
- Regional Outlook Paper . 12 .
For many years Burma was staunchly anti-nuclear. But in 2000 the military junta announced the intention of buying a reactor from Russia. This paper argues that the policy change was driven mostly by Burma's disproportionate threat perceptions and anxieties about external pressure.