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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On February 1, 2021, the Burmese military announced that it had seized control of the country from the country's democratically elected government. 1 In response to the coup, the US has so far designated 12 individuals and three entities and imposed restrictions on certain exports. Allied governments, including the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada, either have promulgated their own sanctions or are considering doing so. The US has signaled that it is preparing additional measures targeting the individuals responsible fo...

Burmese Generals Counter Electoral Defeat with Coup d’État March 9, 2021 Share This article is part of the Middle East-Asia Project (MAP) series on “'Civilianizing' the State in the Middle East and Asia Pacific Regions.” See More … In the November 8, 2020 national elections in Myanmar, voters returned 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) to power. The party actually improved on its impressive 2015 showing at the polls, gaining well over four-fifths of the seats it ran for allowing it to form a government on its own. (Th...

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The empire strikes back in Myanmar Unfortunately, the international community failed to take deterrent measures against the military regime The writer is former Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Karachi and can be reached at [email protected] Ever since the military of Myanmar launched a coup on February 1 this year, and deposed the government of state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and president Win Myint, the country has been in deep political turmoil. A chain of events like the imposition of emergency, detention of both president and state counsellor, usurpation of power by Comm...

Myanmar Coup Puts China In Tough Spot Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Feb 18, 2021 Disinformation linking Myanmar’s recent coup d’état to Chinese influence has inspired anti-China protests in the capital, Yangon. Protesters’ suspicions were inflamed by a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar’s senior military staff that took place just weeks before the coup and a peculiar statement issued by Xinhua in the immediate wake of the coup describing it as a “major cabinet reshuffle.” International relations experts point out that it is highly unlikely that China orches...