Table of Contents: Authors? Biographies... Introduction... Chapter One: Isolation chosen or endured? A Burmese history of isolationist withdrawals since Independence.... 1 - Neutralism, Insurgency and Autarchy: Burma?s uneasy relations with the outside world (1948-1988)... 2 - Enter the SLORC: a tactical breaking out of isolation throughout the 1990s... The entrenchment of the Burmese junta: the return of nationalist hardliners since 2003 ... 1 - Depayin crackdown and its regional implications (2003)... 2 - Khin Nyunt?s sacking and the purge of the ?MI” (2004) 3 - Naypyidaw?s transfer and the isolation within... of ?Isolationism without Isolation”.... 1 - Backing away from ASEAN (2006-2007) 2 - Limits to the Sino-Burmese partnership.... 3 - Cautiously gentling with India... 4 - Diversifying its partnerships outside its direct neighbourhood ... Conclusion... Academic References.