Васильев Владимир Федорович

ПОЧЕМУ ПЕРЕЕХАЛА СТОЛИЦА МЬЯНМЫ/БИРМЫ?

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2007, №10, 107-118

 
Аннотация: Dr. Vladimir Vasiliev article is dedicated to an unusual and certainly puzzling event - the unexpected move of Myanmar's capital from Yangon (Rangoon) to a nearly unknown place deep inside the country where a new capital had been secretly built by 2006 under the name Naypyidaw. The author presumes that the military government intends to entrench its position in view of a constitutional reform it vowed in 2003 to carry out. The new administrative and military centre at Naypyidaw, being separate and isolated from the old one rich in politically active population, is looked upon by the junta as a new and unchallenged fortress of its power under the expected reform. The author also points out 10 an external aspect of the junta's actions - by going «deep» inside the country. It counts 10 minimize the effect of a real or imagined military strike by the USA against Myanmar's army regime (which the author believes unlikely under the circumstances, foremost because of me mighty Chinese factor). In general the author is doubtful about Myanmar's longterm economic, financial, organizational and, lastly, political gain from moving the capital From Rangoon, the world-known sea port to a remote god-forsaken place.

 
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Ключевые слова: ПОЛИТИКА, ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ, МЬЯНМА (БИРМА)