ARTICLES

7 Dec 2021

State Administration Council vs Aung San Suu Kyi: Who Really Wins?

Moe Thuzar

The State Administration Council's attempts to render Aung San Suu Kyi politically irrelevant might well have an obverse effect.

6 Dec 2021

Myanmar: Recognition is the Name of the Game

Moe Thuzar

Myanmar’s State Administration Council and the National Unity Government are battling to win international recognition. Which party triumphs in the end depends on both external factors and internal dynamics.

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29 Nov 2021

Myanmar’s Infrastructure Development: A Dire Future

Khine Win

Myanmar has gnawing gaps in its infrastructure development which will affect its economic development in the years to come. To compound matters, the issue is not a priority for the State Administration Council.

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5 Nov 2021

Collapse of Myanmar’s Fiscal Space

Khine Win

Myanmar’s fiscal position has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the February coup. This will have repercussions long into the country’s future.

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19 Oct 2021

ASEAN Snubs the State Administration Council (For Now)

Moe Thuzar

ASEAN's decision to allow only a 'non-political' representative from Myanmar is a blow to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing's bid to gain recognition at the grouping's high table. The question here is how long ASEAN can maintain unity and stay the course.

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17 Sep 2021

Co-opting Civilians into Myanmar’s State Administration Council Junta

Htet Myet Min Tun|Moe Thuzar|Michael J. Montesano

The inclusion of civilians on the country’s latest junta is impossible to understand without a clear appreciation that that this junta is above all an anti-NLD project. This article examines the profiles of the civilians co-opted into the junta.

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6 Sep 2021

In Conversation: ASEAN’s Special Mission to Myanmar

Sharon Seah|Moe Thuzar

In this episode of Dialogues at Fulcrum, William Choong, Managing Editor of Fulcrum, talks to two ISEAS researchers about the ongoing political developments in Myanmar after the February 2021 coup. They discuss the impending visit of ASEAN’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, and the challenges and opportunities that will come with the trip.

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4 Aug 2021

Min Aung Hlaing and His Generals: Some Biographical Notes

Htet Myet Min Tun|Moe Thuzar|Michael J. Montesano

Following his 1 February seizure of power in Naypyitaw, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing formed an 11-member junta called the State Administration Council (SAC). This article examines the biographical profiles of junta’s key military members, in an effort to better understand the regime.

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6 Jul 2021

Myanmar’s Garment Industry After the Coup: Threadbare and in Tatters

Su-Ann Oh

Five months after the February coup, the future of Myanmar's garment industry hangs by a thread.

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16 Jun 2021

Ethnic Armed Organisations in Post-Coup Myanmar: New Conversations Needed

Andrew Ong

The widespread attacks on Tatmadaw troops by resistance forces have raised speculation that Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) could serve as a “wild card” that might decide the country’s fate. This is premature and creates a false impression of unity in intent.

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