缅甸改革政策、区域研究、以及政治科学.PDF

Myanmar: Reform Policies, Area Studies, and Political Science 緬甸：改革政策、區域研究、以及政治科學 Dr. Leif-Eric Easley Ewha Womans University and the Asan Institute for Policy Studies Wednesday August 24, 2016 at 4:30 PM Building E21, Room G016 (FSS) Myanmar’sreformandopeningisanimportantcaseof politicaltransformationwithimplicationsfor human security and economic development in Burma, regional trade and integration in Asia, and even geopolitics among great powers. The complexities surrounding Myanmar’s reforms call for academic research that draws upon knowledge of history, culture and language offered by area specialists,aswellassocialsciencemethodologiesemployedbypoliticalscientists. Suchresearchwill allow comparative politics and international relations to incorporate the Myanmar case into theoretical debates, add toagrowingbody of empiricalworkon East Asian politics, and perhaps help decision-makers manage a challenging and ongoing transition. This lecture will report findings from a forthcoming article in Pacific Affairs by Jonathan T. Chow and Leif-Eric Easley – “Persuading Pariahs: Myanmar’s Strategic Decision for Reform and Opening”. Abstract available at: www.pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/forthcoming-issue. Leif-Eric Easley isAssistantProfessorintheDivisionof InternationalStudiesatEwha WomansUniversityandaResearchFellowattheAsanInstituteforPolicyStudiesinSeoul, Korea. His research interests include contested national identities and changing levels of trustinthebilateralsecurityrelationshipsof NortheastAsia. Dr.EasleywastheNortheast AsianHistoryFellowatStanfordUniversity’sShorensteinAsia-PacificResearchCenter.He was also a visiting scholar at Yonsei University, the University of Southern California’s KoreanStudiesInstitute,theJapanInstituteforInternationalAffairsinTokyo,andtheEast WestCenterinHonolulu.HeholdsaPh.