Description:
The Great Game of the 19th Century was played between empire builders Britain and Russia, using Afghanistan as their football in seeking control of central Asia. Today, there is a new great game under way between two very different competitors -- China and India. But this time the ball is Burma.
In much the same way that Afghanistan was a poor and undeveloped but strategic piece of territory, so Burma now fits that role for the two burgeoning economic giants.
But Burma is more than simply a slice of well-placed geography: It is rich in energy resources, which China and India crave.
Source/publisher:
World Politics Review
Date of Publication:
2006-08-21
Date of entry:
2010-10-13
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English