In this latest nationwide struggle against military rule in Myanmar, both the military and the anti-coup resistance forces have relied on conventional and digital strategies to discredit their opponents and gain widespread support for their actions. To what extent do social media platforms serve to facilitate and popularize pro-democratic calls? And how do the pro- and anti-military forces adapt their strategies over time?
This paper analyzes military rule in Myanmar after the coups of 1962, 1988, and 2021 and highlights the impact of and the challenges posed by the most recent coup. The paper also studies the challenges faced by young people in the country and their resistance to the military amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar. The final section will examine the domestic and international responses to the ongoing dictatorship in Myanmar
This paper argues that the complex nature of the 2021 democratic struggle in Myanmar is not a process of invisible hands, as many have claimed, but driven by the competing hands of various actors who try to shape the means and goals of the movement. After a period of competition for the role of dominant actor, the current leadership put the movement on a path of armed struggle; as a result, groups with different opinions have been forced out of the movement.
More than a year and a half has passed since the Myanmar military (known as the Tatmadaw) abruptly deposed the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Since then, the political situation in the country has deteriorated into a long and crippling conflict.
[IT] Forse la vita è davvero un film. Per qualcuno noiosa, per altri tragica, oppure comica. Per i pochi fortunati è talmente movimentata da moltiplicarsi in dieci, cento, mille vite, tanti ciak diversi sul palcoscenico del mondo. June Rose Yadana Bellamy (nome reale Yadana Nat Mei, che significa “Dea dei nove gioielli”) è tra questi, e leggere la sua autobiografia – scritta magistralmente con Francesco Moscatelli, giornalista de La Stampa – è come assistere a uno spettacolo cinematografico. Yadana nasce in Birmania nel 1932, all’interno della dinastia reale birmana Konbaung, e muore a Firenze nel 2020.
