CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Thu Ya, Han |
|---|---|
| Title | The United States' Foreign Policies Towards the Post-Coup Myanmar: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Summary | Following the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, the United States (US) has responded with various measures from issuing statements of condemnation, and imposing trade sanctions to pressuring its regional allies to sideline coup leaders from diplomatic engagements. This paper studies the effectiveness of such actions and explores alternative strategies that have received less attention but could be equally significant to US foreign policy toward Myanmar. The paper utilizes a qualitative research method based on analysis of research articles, papers, newspapers, news media, and reports from NGOs and INGOs. The key findings suggest that while the US’s policy remains effective in certain sectors such as education and sanctions against banking, there needs to be tougher sanctions in the oil and gas sector. The paper also underscores that Myanmar affairs present opportunities for the US for the increased engagement with ASEAN member states which are not only central to its policies towards Myanmar but will also benefit its Indo-Pacific strategy as a whole, and highlights the need to pay more attention to relatively less focused areas such as conscription and humanitarian aid deliveries. |
| Supervisor | Christopher McIntosh |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/thu-ya_han.pdf |
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