We re not going to let them get away with this, activist tells DW
Lee Morgenbesser, a senior lecturer at Australia s Griffith University whose research focuses on authoritarian regimes and Southeast Asian politics, shares a similar view. The expert told DW that the coup confirms if any further confirmation was needed that authoritarian rule is a mainstay of political life in Southeast Asia.
Myanmar s experience is just the latest example of the inherent fragility of attempts at democracy in Southeast Asia, he said.
Myanmar following Thailand?
Despite embarking on an ostensible democratic transition in recent years, the Tatmadaw, as the Myanmar s armed forces are known, never ceded power. The military-drafted 2008 constitution reserves 25% of parliamentary seats for the army and hands it control over the ministries of defense, interior and border affairs, guaranteeing it a key role in political affairs.
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US President Joe Biden s China policy would be shaped on three key issues in the Pacific Ocean, viz - South China Sea, Taiwan, and Taiwan Strait and Japan and a system of alliances and partners, reported CNN.
These three constitute the Pacific military flashpoints between the US and China.
In the South China Sea region, China claims almost all of the 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea. Since 2014 it has built up tiny reefs and sandbars into man-made artificial islands, fortified with missiles, runways and weapons systems antagonising governments with overlapping claims, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Taiwan, reported CNN.
Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled.
Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled.