by Klara Nielsen | Dec 26, 2022 | Sabanci University
When Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, Myanmar was seen as a specimen of change and of democratisation despite its long history of military rule. More than maybe any other country, Aung San Suu Kyi became the very face of this change within the...
by Anne Jeaneth Casalme | Jun 30, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The military coup that occurred in Myanmar last February 1, 2021, sparked new tensions between the pro-democracy protesters and the state’s military regime. It was a resurrection of an Army-state which has ruled the country since 1962. It was a frustrated democracy....
by Nancy Lam | Apr 29, 2021 | Arizona State University
Civil society has met the military’s coup in February and detainment of democratic heroine Aung San Suu Kyi with both nonviolent and violent forms of protest. Will we see a revival in Myanmar’s democratic experiment and restoration of civilian rule? Or will the...
by Taylor Earnhart | Mar 25, 2021 | Georgia State University
Myanmar’s military carried out a promissory coup Feb. 1, 2021 ending a brief five year run of democracy that began in 2015. A promissory coup, as described by Nancy Bermeo in On Democratic Backsliding is a modern style of coup that is done under the guise of defending...
