Impact Of International Sanctions Research Articles

Myanmar's Foreign Policy Towards Its Near Neighbours

This article examines the evolution or Burma/Myanmar's foreign policy in terms of its ideologic orientations and evolution. The collapse of the Burma Socialist Programme Parry (BSPP) government in 1988 that had previously pursued a policy of neutrality obtained through self-imposed isolationism has been replaced by a much more realist foreign policy that views international relations and power in competitive terms. Myanmar also maintains a Set of competitive relations with its near neighbours to stabilize the immediate external environment and stave off the impact of international sanctions . These bilateral relations are also calibrated to provide a balance-of-power between the three Sets of relations in order to avoid being overwhelmed by any of them. All three near neighbours have many important and sensitive issues that are brought to bear on the relationships as well.

Myanmar's Foreign Policy Towards Its Near Neighbours

This article examines the evolution of Burma/Myanmar`s foreign policy in terms of its ideological orientations and evolution. The collapse of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) government in 1988 that had previously pursued a policy of neutrality obtained through self-imposed isolationism has been replaced by a much more realist foreign policy that views international relations and power in competitive terms. Myanmar also maintains a set of competitive relations with its near neighbours to stabilize the immediate external environment and stave off the impact of international sanctions. These bilateral relations are also calibrated to provide a balance-of-power between the three sets of relations in order to avoid being overwhelmed by any of them. All three near neighbours have many important and sensitive issues that are brought to bear on the relationships as well.

Unwrapping History at the Cape Town Waterfront

The Victoria and Alfred Basin area of Table Bay harbor has recently been dramatically revived. Created by the establishment of the first breakwater in 1860, extended in 1905, the center of Cape Town's shipping trade from the late nineteenth century through to the building of the Duncan Dock in 1945, it then faded into relative obscurity. New container vessels altered the nature of shipping activities in Cape Town harbor, with a notable decline in the wake of the re-opening of the Suez Canal and the impact of international sanctions. Moreover, the draining of land on the Cape Town foreshore in the early 1940s and the erection of faceless (largely state-owned) buildings had cut the center of Cape Town off from its harbor. The Victoria and Alfred Basins then sunk out of public sight, and were used primarily as a dry dock and fishing harbor. By the mid-1980s, Capetonians only knew the area for