India - Myanmar Relations (1948 - 1992): From “Idealism” to “Realism” in India’s Foreign Policy towards Myanmar

Authors

  • Tran Xuan Hiep Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Tuan Binh Department of History, University of Education, Hue University, 530000, Vietnam
  • Tran Hoang Long Institute for Indian and Southwest Asian Studies, Vietnam Academic of Social Sciences, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
  • Duong Quang Tra Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Quang Son Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2021-0073

Keywords:

Idealism, realism, foreign, India, Myanmar

Abstract

India and Myanmar are two neighboring countries that share the border of nearly 1.500km and have the relationship on history, politics, culture, ethnic... from over 2.000 years to present. India officially established diplomatic relations with Myanmar, just after this Southeast Asian country gained independence (1948). From 1948 to 1992, the bilateral relationship was influenced by India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar, especially the impact of “idealism” and “realism” in India’s policy. “Idealism” succeeded in India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar from 1948 to 1962; however, it was not effective in the period 1962 - 1988, which made India’s position severely decrease, contrary to the rise of China’s position in Myanmar. For this reason, India must innovate the foreign thought, moving from “idealism” to “realism”, which have more pragmatic quality to Myanmar in the years 1988 - 1992 when the international and regional contexts have many changes. On the basis of the reference sources, this research’s aim focuses on analyzing the foreign policy adjustment of India, especially this study will focus on the issue of India - Myanmar relationship (1948 - 1992) was dominated by the “idealism” and “realism” in the planning of foreign policy of India towards Myanmar. The scope of this research is the relationship between India and Myanmar from 1948 to 1992 under the influence of “idealism” and “realism” in India’s foreign policy. From the early 90s of the 20th century, India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar has been more realistic than in the previous period, especially since 1992, when India implemented its new foreign policy, the Look East Policy.

 

Received: 4 February 2021 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021

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10-05-2021

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India - Myanmar Relations (1948 - 1992): From “Idealism” to “Realism” in India’s Foreign Policy towards Myanmar. (2021). Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 10(3), 168. https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2021-0073