Following up on yesterday’s post about non-english speaking countries using the name Myanmar instead of Burma I think can actually offer an explanation.
Sovereignty
Sovereighty is increasingly a defunct concept, but I think in this case it’s the key difference. The countries that use the name Myanmar do so because they except the sovereignty of the government to a greater degree. In some cases these countries are interested increasing economic exchanges.
The French oil Total S.A. does business in Burma. How can you say that government of Burma is legit enough to approve a oil deal but not legit enough to give the country a name?
Actually this is America’s policy (Chevron does business in Burma too), but it doesn’t make any sense. It’s a bit of a paradox in my thinking because I think economically isolating Burma is bad policy but I’m not really comfortable saying a contract signed with the government of Burma is legitimate.
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