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Arakan authorities’ legitimacy dilemma:  Rakhine nationalism and the status of Rohingya and other minorities

  • Sophia Htwe,

The future of Rakhine State, the site of persecution against Rohingya, depends on whether authorities can build an inclusive political order.

Perverse polls: Myanmar’s paradox of electoral legitimation

  • Michael Lidauer,

The Myanmar military’s highly controlled electoral process did not include genuine choice, but enabled it to claim political authority.

INTRODUCTION: Myanmar and the contest for political legitimacy

  • Michael G Breen, Sarah Biddulph & Terry Macdonald,

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military coup in 2021. How can a governing body with political ‘legitimacy’ be established through which the people may flourish?

INTERVIEW: ‘We are working towards a federal democratic union with authority from the people’

  • Her Excellency Daw Zin Mar Aung,

The Minister of Foreign Affairs for the National Unity Government reflects on what political legitimacy means in contemporary Myanmar.

‘Kawthoolei’ (homeland) in the making: Karen State and a federal democracy in Myanmar

  • Naw Show Ei Ei Tun & Naw Seablue Dah,

The Karen National Union, a non-state governing actor in Myanmar, aspires to become a self-governing unit within a possible future federal democratic union.

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