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Imagining democracy in Myanmar

  • Dr Tamas Wells, Soe Htet & Dr Michael Breen,

The 2021 overthrow of the democratically elected government of Myanmar and the ensuing civil conflict has unlocked new ways of imagining its political future.

Myanmar’s human rights crisis justifies foregoing neutrality for a solidarity-based approach to humanitarianism

  • Dr Anne Décobert,

The human rights crisis in Myanmar justifies a solidarity-based approach to the provision of international aid.

Speaking no truth to power in a time of coup: Myanmar’s Human Rights Commission

  • Dr Jonathan Liljeblad,

Myanmar’s Human Rights Commission has been noticeably silent which raises issues regarding expectations of human rights institutions against regimes inimical to human rights.

Is the military coup in Myanmar the death knell of democracy and federalism?

  • Dr Michael Breen and Dr Anne Décobert,

The coup has major potential consequences for a country that was struggling to emerge from decades of military oppression and conflict.