Transition Of Myanmar’s Diplomatic Strategy In New Period

Since 2003, Myanmar started reform by the internal and foreign, the change of diplomatic strategy is particularly prominent. Review the history, Burma’s foreign policy has experienced three major changes, and they all followed by different regimes. Myanmar’s election in 2005 attracts other countries.From the independence of the beginning, Myanmar’s diplomatic straregy is "active neutrality strategy". In Ne Win’s development, Myanmar chose "non aligned" strategy. The core is a neutral strategy. And in 1988, the new military government came to power, Myanmar’s diplomatic strategy to "Leaning to one side". Until the beginning of twenty-first Century, the Burma government began to reverse this situation, by the military group began a comprehensive transformation of domestic and foreign policy.Since 2003 Burma brewing reform, change continuously during the transmission of the signal to the outside world, pay attention to Europe and the United states. Since 2009, Burma began to change; the main performance is actively in contact with the United States and other western countries, at the same time to distant relationship with china. In addition, Burma actively involved in the ASEAN Affairs, strengthen exchanges with other ASEAN countries. To 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama visit to Myanmar, the transformation of Burma’s diplomatic strategy to achieve substantive results. Since then, due to the Burma’s internal problems intensified, Burma began the actual effect and the significance of the change of the reflection of diplomacy, shift into the wandering stage.To promote the transformation of Burma from the primary factor the diplomatic strategy in its internal. This reform is reform of Burma’s military has taken the initiative to the people; Wu become reform bottleneck; Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD to promote the transformation of Burma’s diplomatic strategy. In addition, the United States, China and ASEAN on the transformation of Burma’s diplomatic strategy also plays a different role. U.S. out of its "back to the Asia Pacific" strategy, with the help of Burma transformation of the machine, adjust the policy towards Burma, and take a variety of diplomatic relations between the two countries, deepen. One of the reasons for the change, China appeared in Burma long term economic activity in Burma is the Burma Chinese but, completely abandoned the possibility can be ruled out. ASEAN is a new stage of development in Burma, so Burma strategic shift were more likely to develop in asean.The diplomacy of Burma gradually formed a core of multilateralism and regionalism, balance of power strategy of active open. This means that Chinese, USA, ASEAN should change with the communication style and attitude; create a good international environment in the new period, to achieve regional peace and prosperity.