Rodion Ebbighausen, DW: No more illusions in Myanmar
Myanmar's military has staged a coup and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The country's democratic experiment has failed, says Rodion Ebbighausen.
When Myanmar's military began withdrawing from civilian politics in 2011, one question was front and center — how much power would the military give up?
The skeptics didn't trust the generals, and only saw a military dictatorship in the guise of a democracy. Optimists, however, saw a genuine new beginning and opportunities for democratization.
Read more ....
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 2, 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi arrest: What is going on between Myanmar's military and its de facto ruler? -- Lucia Stein, Rebecca Armitage. ABC News (Australia)
Myanmar military coup: 'Our world turned upside down overnight' -- Alice Cuddy, BBC
Who is Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi? -- Rodion Ebbighausen, DW
Myanmar coup: How the military disrupted the internet -- Christopher Giles, BBC
Explainer: Why did the military stage a coup in Myanmar? -- Victoria Milko, AP
Why Joe Biden needs to revise the US-Taliban deal -- Shamil Shams, DW
Biden needs to address the situation in Afghanistan -- Luke Coffey, Arab News
Recalibrating US strategy for peace in Afghanistan -- Husain Haqqani, The Hill
Deterring North Korea -- Daniel Post, War On The Rocks
Deciphering Erdogan's seeming pro-West shift in foreign policy -- Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor
What we know about the South African variant of Covid -- Nicola Davis, The Guardian
Faster, higher, stronger? Nations weigh letting athletes jump the vaccine queue for Tokyo Games -- Tracy McNicoll, France 24
No comments:
Post a Comment