WIMAYA: Interdisciplinary Journal of International Affairs
Vol 2 No 02 (2021)

Shifting the US-Myanmar Relations under Trump Administration and its Geopolitical Implication

Thu Htet (Chulalongkorn University)

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Publish Date
07 Dec 2021

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the shifts in the US-Myanmar relations during Trump administration compared to that of Obama administration, what factors affect such shifts, and how they posit important geopolitical implication. Under Trump administration, the US-Myanmar relations largely revolved around the Rohingya crisis, which shaped the relations between the two nations ‘substantially uncomfortable’. The factors affecting the changing relationship are the temporal dimension of Rohingya crisis, civil-military relations under NLD government, as well as Trump’s ‘American First’ foreign policy, which contributed to the declining of strategic engagement towards Indo-Pacific region where Myanmar is located. This caused an important geopolitical implication: the growing Chinese influence in Myanmar.

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WIMAYA: Interdisciplinary Journal of International Affairs
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wimaya

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Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur

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Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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WIMAYA is an international scholarly journal devoted to international affairs. Published twice a year by the International Relations Department, Pembangunan Nasional Veteran East Java University, the journal aims to promote the importance of interdisciplinary approach to analyze various ...