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UID:euroseas-2021-burma-s-first-democratic-term-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-national-league-for-democracy-and-the-western-imagination-1
SUMMARY:(P12AB) Burma’s First Democratic Term: Politics and Society in Myanmar, 2021 (1)
LOCATION:K10 | 3.39
DESCRIPTION:On February 1st 2021 the world watched an aerobics instructor i
 n Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw, as behind her could be seen tanks rolling up
  to blockade the capital’s airport-width roads. What happened next was, and
  continues to be, no less than a complete undoing of decades of transformat
 ion, liberalisation, and (partial) democratisation. Myanmar’s Tatmadaw init
 iated a state of emergency that has placed them back in charge. The Civil D
 isobedience Movement (CDM) has arisen, pitted against the military. Yangon 
 and Mandalay have turned into warzones. National ceasefires have broken dow
 n. City protestors are moving to the countryside in order to get guerrilla 
 training. Protests in capitals around the world and within the UN have flar
 ed, including some of Myanmar’s own ambassadors disowning the Tatmadaw and 
 later facing assassination attempts. The National League for Democracy (NLD
  has been disbanded and the country’s Election Commission. Aung San Suu Kyi
 , the once iconic leader, has been held under arrest on dubious charges. A 
 parallel government of ousted lawmakers has constituted itself in the form 
 of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) with claims to repr
 esent true authority in Myanmar, later forming their own military force, th
 e People Defense Force. It is safe to say that Myanmar’s future does not lo
 ok bright; that the country is at best returning to previous authoritarian 
 rule but possibly at worse, breaking down into civil war.\n\nThis panel see
 ks to investigate not the 2021 coup d’etat but the period prior that the co
 up has now bookended. There are two points to consider. First, is that the 
 NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi need to be critically assessed for their politics,
  policies, and reforms. We are long past the time of idealism and symbolism
  with democracy pitted against authoritarianism. As politicians having been
  in power, Myanmar’s democrats should be evaluated for their actions to hel
 p the people of Myanmar just like any other government. Relatedly, is the n
 eed to hold outside narrative creators to account as well, as Myanmar is su
 bjected to endless amounts of misrepresentations and self-deceptions. Secon
 d, is the need to assess structurally. Meaning, to dig deep into the many m
 any fundamental issues that Myanmar faces outside of simple elections and v
 oting. Questions of legitimacy and meaning, institutions, structures of pow
 er, all manner of contestations are open to debate in Myanmar. These also n
 eed to be assessed in this panels aim of critiquing Myanmar’s failed first 
 period of democracy.
URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/burma-s-first-democratic-term-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-national-league-for-democracy-and-the-western-imagination
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210908T090000
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DTSTAMP:20241204T085500
UID:euroseas-2021-burma-s-first-democratic-term-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-national-league-for-democracy-and-the-western-imagination-2
SUMMARY:(P12AB) Burma’s First Democratic Term: Politics and Society in Myanmar, 2021 (2)
LOCATION:K10 | 3.39
DESCRIPTION:On February 1st 2021 the world watched an aerobics instructor i
 n Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw, as behind her could be seen tanks rolling up
  to blockade the capital’s airport-width roads. What happened next was, and
  continues to be, no less than a complete undoing of decades of transformat
 ion, liberalisation, and (partial) democratisation. Myanmar’s Tatmadaw init
 iated a state of emergency that has placed them back in charge. The Civil D
 isobedience Movement (CDM) has arisen, pitted against the military. Yangon 
 and Mandalay have turned into warzones. National ceasefires have broken dow
 n. City protestors are moving to the countryside in order to get guerrilla 
 training. Protests in capitals around the world and within the UN have flar
 ed, including some of Myanmar’s own ambassadors disowning the Tatmadaw and 
 later facing assassination attempts. The National League for Democracy (NLD
  has been disbanded and the country’s Election Commission. Aung San Suu Kyi
 , the once iconic leader, has been held under arrest on dubious charges. A 
 parallel government of ousted lawmakers has constituted itself in the form 
 of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) with claims to repr
 esent true authority in Myanmar, later forming their own military force, th
 e People Defense Force. It is safe to say that Myanmar’s future does not lo
 ok bright; that the country is at best returning to previous authoritarian 
 rule but possibly at worse, breaking down into civil war.\n\nThis panel see
 ks to investigate not the 2021 coup d’etat but the period prior that the co
 up has now bookended. There are two points to consider. First, is that the 
 NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi need to be critically assessed for their politics,
  policies, and reforms. We are long past the time of idealism and symbolism
  with democracy pitted against authoritarianism. As politicians having been
  in power, Myanmar’s democrats should be evaluated for their actions to hel
 p the people of Myanmar just like any other government. Relatedly, is the n
 eed to hold outside narrative creators to account as well, as Myanmar is su
 bjected to endless amounts of misrepresentations and self-deceptions. Secon
 d, is the need to assess structurally. Meaning, to dig deep into the many m
 any fundamental issues that Myanmar faces outside of simple elections and v
 oting. Questions of legitimacy and meaning, institutions, structures of pow
 er, all manner of contestations are open to debate in Myanmar. These also n
 eed to be assessed in this panels aim of critiquing Myanmar’s failed first 
 period of democracy.
URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/burma-s-first-democratic-term-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-national-league-for-democracy-and-the-western-imagination
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