ASEAN's Myanmar Crisis: Challenges to the Pursuit of a Security Community

Acknowledgements

xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I฀am฀deeply฀indebted฀to฀the฀Endeavour฀Australia฀Cheung฀Kong฀Award฀and฀ the฀School฀of฀Humanities฀and฀Social฀Sciences฀at฀the฀Australian฀Defence฀ Force฀Academy฀(University฀of฀New฀South฀Wales)฀for฀their฀generous฀financial฀ support฀of฀my฀research฀between฀2004฀and฀2007.฀Without฀this฀support,฀ none฀of฀the฀research฀for฀this฀book฀would฀have฀been฀possible.฀My฀research฀ was฀also฀significantly฀aided฀by฀the฀kind฀hospitality฀provided฀by฀the฀Institute฀ of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀(ISEAS)฀during฀my฀seven-month฀stay฀there฀as฀a฀ visiting฀associate,฀and฀by฀the฀S.฀Rajaratnam฀School฀of฀International฀Studies฀ (RSIS)฀during฀my฀sixteen-month฀stay฀there฀as฀a฀visiting฀associate,฀followed฀ by฀a฀twelve-month฀appointment฀as฀a฀post-doctoral฀fellow.฀In฀this฀regard,฀I฀ would฀like฀to฀thank฀both฀Ambassador฀Kesavapany฀and฀Ambassador฀Desker฀ ฀ for฀their฀kind฀hospitality฀and฀invaluable฀assistance.฀I฀would฀also฀like฀to฀thank฀ the฀University฀of฀Canberra฀for฀providing฀the฀time฀and฀resources฀for฀me฀to฀ complete฀the฀manuscript.฀Furthermore,฀during฀my฀time฀in฀Singapore,฀the฀ never-ending฀guidance฀and฀support฀of฀a฀number฀of฀colleagues฀particularly฀ stand฀out.฀These฀individuals฀include,฀but฀are฀not฀limited฀to,฀Premarani฀ Somasundram,฀Dr฀Joseph฀Liow,฀Dr฀Ralph฀Emmers,฀Dr฀Mely฀CaballeroAnthony ,฀S.P.฀Harish,฀Manjeet฀Singh฀Pardesi,฀Dr฀Li฀Nan,฀Dr฀Tan฀See฀Seng,฀ Elena฀Pavlova,฀Dr฀Hiro฀Katsumata,฀and฀especially,฀Sng฀Seow฀Lian,฀Dr฀Leonard฀ Sebastian,฀and฀Dr฀Deborah฀Elms.฀Many฀others฀in฀Southeast฀Asia,฀Australia,฀ and฀beyond฀have฀also฀been฀of฀considerable฀assistance฀and฀help฀over฀the฀years฀ (professionally฀and/or฀personally)฀and฀these฀include,฀but฀again฀are฀not฀limited฀ to,฀Professor฀Don฀McMillen฀and฀Associate฀Professor฀Peter฀Wicks฀(my฀MA฀ supervisors),฀together฀with฀Dr฀Bantarto฀Bandoro,฀Colonel฀Jojo฀Cenabre,฀ Dr฀Sanong฀Chinnanon,฀Major฀General฀Supaluck฀Suvarnajata,฀Ekapong฀ Rimcharone,฀Dr฀Stephen฀Leong,฀Nguyen฀Nam฀Duong,฀Noel฀Choong,฀ Richard฀Gehrmann,฀Bob฀Lowry,฀Shirley฀Ramsay,฀Marilyn฀Anderson-Smith,฀ Bernadette฀McDermott,฀Sandra฀Mason,฀Fiona฀Cotton,฀Dr฀Craig฀Stockings,฀ and฀especially,฀Dr฀Andrew฀Tan,฀Professor฀Peter฀Dennis,฀Dr฀Robert฀Campbell,฀ and฀John฀McFarlane.฀A฀very฀special฀thanks฀also฀go฀to฀Professor฀Desmond฀ 00a฀AseanMyanC.indd฀฀฀11 12/9/09฀฀฀2:49:06฀PM xii Acknowledgements Ball฀for฀guiding฀me฀on฀a฀four-week฀fieldtrip฀along฀the฀Thai-Myanmar฀border฀ and฀Jason฀Burning฀for฀providing฀excellent฀research฀assistance฀during฀his฀ three-month฀stay฀at฀RSIS.฀I฀would฀also฀like฀to฀thank฀the฀many฀people฀who฀ have฀not฀been฀named,฀or฀whom฀it฀is฀inappropriate฀to฀name฀(that฀is,฀those฀in฀ Myanmar),฀but฀who฀have฀nevertheless฀freely฀provided฀me฀with฀their฀valuable฀ time฀and฀advice฀throughout฀my฀studies.฀Last,฀but฀by฀no฀means฀least,฀I฀would฀ like฀to฀thank฀my฀Ph.D.฀supervisor,฀Professor฀James฀Cotton,฀for฀his฀continued฀ patience,฀inspiration,฀guidance,฀editorial฀comment,฀and฀invaluable฀insight฀in฀ the฀preparation฀of฀my฀Ph.D.฀together฀with฀this฀work.฀Should฀I฀eventually฀ become฀half฀the฀scholar฀that฀he฀is,฀I฀will฀be฀more฀than฀satisfied. 00a฀AseanMyanC.indd฀฀฀12 12/9/09฀฀฀2:49:07฀PM ...