Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

List of acronyms

Preface

Introduction

PART 1

Myanmar’s peace process and the relevance of middle powers

1 Myanmar’s domestic and geopolitical context

2 Theory on middle powers

3 Political economy lenses

PART 2

The peacemaking landscape – International engagement with Myanmar’s peace process

4 Major powers in Myanmar’s peace process

5 Identity and middle power peacemaking in Myanmar

6 The political economy of middle-power peacemaking in Myanmar

PART 3

Contesting the peacemaking image of middle powers

7 Middle powers as "peacemaking entrepreneurs" in Myanmar’s peace process

8 Where to for middle-power theory?

Conclusion

Appendix 1 Interview Participants

Appendix 2 Interview guiding questions

References

Index

About the Author

Chiraag Roy is an International Relations scholar with research interests in International Relations theory, Asia-Pacific politics, Australian foreign policy and middle power theory.