Nishikawa explores how international norms have been adopted in the local context in Myanmar to project a certain international image while in fact the authorities are exploiting these norms to protect their own interests.

Yukiko Nishikawa is a professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Japan.

1 New Reforms on Old Structures 2 Myanmar's Changes in Relation to China's Rise 3 'Disciplined' Democracy 4 Citizenship and Sovereignty in Myanmar 5 Tatmadaw that Decides on the 'Exception'