SELTH Andrew

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.


BURMA--NUCLEAR WEAPONS