緬甸武裝部隊發展與國際觀感

Myanmar Tatmadaw Developments and International Perceptions

緬甸位於大湄公河次區域與南亞大陸之間，地緣戰略位置係印度東向政策與泰國西向政策、中國橫跨太平洋與印度洋的一帶一路戰略，以及美國主導印太戰略的戰略要衝。因此，緬甸雖然是一個政、經不安的戰略薄弱處，卻因緣際會成爲國際強權進出兩大洋的戰略要域。長期以來，緬甸爲世人詬病的是軍事獨裁政權統治下，緬甸武裝部隊權力不斷擴張，涉及政治與經濟利益以及掌控政府各層級事務，而且獨立於司法權之外，完全不受政府制度的規範，爲所欲爲。在2021年軍事政變後，緬甸武裝部隊再度推翻文人政府，大肆鎮壓反對軍政府人士和平民，聲名狼藉！但是，由於各國及東協國家未盡力協助解決緬甸政治危機，因此如何平息此事件以及恢復民主政府，仍然充滿變數。

Myanmar is located between the Greater Mekong Sub-region and the South Asian continent. Its geostrategic location is the strategic hub of India's Act East Policy and Thailand's Act West Policy, China's Belt and Road strategy across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the US-led Indo-Pacific strategy. Therefore, although Myanmar is a strategically weak place with political and economic unease, it will become a strategic area for international powers to enter and exit the two oceans due to fate. For a long time, Myanmar has been criticized by the world for the continuous expansion of Tatmadaw power under the military dictatorship regime, involving political and economic interests and controlling affairs at all levels of the government, and being independent of the judicial power, completely unregulated by the government system, and doing whatever they want. After the military coup in 2021, the Tatmadaw once again overthrew the civilian government, and vigorously suppressed opponents of the military government and civilians, and gained notoriety. Since the various countries and ASEAN countries have not done their best to help resolve the political crisis in Myanmar, how to quell this incident and restore the democratic government is still full of variables.