Naval War College Review Volume 55 Article 4 Number 2 Spring 2002 Burma and Superpower Rivalries in the Asia-Pacific Andrew Selth Follow this and additional works at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review Recommended Citation Selth, Andrew (2002) "Burma and Superpower Rivalries in the Asia-Pacific," Naval War College Review: Vol. 55 : No. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol55/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Naval War College Review by an authorized editor of U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Selth: Burma and Superpower Rivalries in the Asia-Pacific Andrew Selth is a visiting fellow at the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Center. He has published widely on strategic and Asian affairs, including Transforming the Tatmadaw: The Burmese Armed Forces since 1988 (Canberra, 1996) and Burma’s Secret Military Partners (Canberra, 2000). He has just completed a comprehensive study entitled Burma’s Armed Forces: Power without Glory, which is due to be published in the United States later this year. This article is drawn from Burma: A Strategic Perspec- tive, Asia Foundation Working Paper 13 (San Fran- cisco, 2001). A shorter version was presented at the conference on “Strategic Rivalries on the Bay of Bengal: The Burma/Myanmar Nexus,” held in Washington, D.C., on 1 February 2001 and sponsored by the Asian Studies Center and Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University; the Center for Strategic Studies of the CNA Corporation; the Asia Foundation; and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.