On 1st February 2021, Myanmar's military undertook a coup, overthrowing the Aung San Suu Kyi-led government. Why?
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Markers
0:00 Introduction
2:31 Millitary's reasons behind the coup
4:06 Myanmar's history
6:54 Enter Aung San Suu Kyi
12:57 Reasons behind the coup
15:22 Why this time is different
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Sources:
0. Introduction
https://youtu.be/fSKgQ9nBCcI
https://www.loc.gov/maps/?q=myanmar
https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.30457
https://archive.org/details/ADC-5078
https://www.facebook.com/100005518668726/posts/1569283416598932/?d=n
https://twitter.com/MissWHPT/status/1356511353171816451
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https://twitter.com/Telenor_mm/status/1356253197082439680
https://twitter.com/ahmermkhan/status/1356079271656087556
https://twitter.com/NayanimaBasu/status/1356089014193774593
https://twitter.com/cape_diamond/status/1356540224856231939?s=20
https://twitter.com/Natrani/status/1356599953431298048
https://twitter.com/Lunminmang/status/1356596057132556291
1. Reason given by military
https://apnews.com/article/aung-san-suu-kyi-elections-myanmar-cc1b225b806c27dda748d3ab51d0e47f
https://twitter.com/cape_diamond/status/1356190459425562625
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-army-raises-prospect-of-coup-after-voter-fraud-claims
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3119912/myanmar-army-steps-back-coup-threat-says-it-will-protect
2. Myanmar’s history:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/18/world/asia/rohingya-villages.html
https://archive.org/details/42464burmavictoryvwr
https://archive.org/details/42464burmavictoryvwr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panglong_Agreement#/media/File:Panglong_Agreement.pnghttps://https://www.economist.com/asia/2015/02/19/more-process-than-peace
https://www.kachinlandnews.com/?p=28929
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23018213?seq=1
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/remembering-ne-wins-coup/
https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/LO3bemtSxzcHa2lodLxIDI/A-Ne-Win-situation-Burmas-three-demonetizations.html
http://navonanumis.blogspot.com/2019/04/ne-win-and-burma-banknotes-in-unusual.html
3. Aung San Suu Kyi
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/aung-san-suu-kyi-relives-her-lsr-days/articleshow/54975820.cms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2010/jun/17/aung-san-suu-kyi-photographs#img-8
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2010/jun/17/aung-san-suu-kyi-photographs
https://www.npr.org/2013/08/08/209919791/as-myanmar-opens-up-a-look-back-on-a-1988-uprising
https://time.com/5360637/myanmar-8888-uprising-30-anniversary-democracy/
https://youtu.be/4HeIH8HqRs0
https://youtu.be/4G4HrksSxGk
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-rohingya-myanmar-genocide-hague.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/23/aung-san-suu-kyi-fall-from-grace-myanmar
https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/11/07/aung-san-suu-kyi-was-supposed-to-set-burmese-democracy-free
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-suukyi-idUSKBN1712PV
4. Reasons behind Myanmar’s coup
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explainer-why-did-the-myanmar-military-stage-a-coup/article33732207.ece
https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/02/02/end-of-myanmar-s-rocky-road-to-democracy-pub-83774
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/world/asia/myanmar-coup-aung-san-suu-kyi.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-army-idUSKCN0VX2ZO
https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-power-and-ambition-behind-myanmar-s-coup-20210202-p56yor.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/myanmar-coup-military-suu-kyi/2021/02/02/7717e4f8-647e-11eb-bab8-707f8769d785_story.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-end-of-myanmar-s-limited-experiment-with-democracy-101612172076142.html
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/teachers-students-join-anti-coup-campaign-as-hospital-staff-stop-work/
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/myanmar-calls-out-china-for-arming-terror-groups-asks-world-to-help/story-fzb8ADXt1VgS9ofZMMWdWO.html
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-still-wields-veto-charter-change-nld-reform-attempt-fails.html
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/2020-myanmar-review-how-suu-kyi-and-nld-scored-election-landslide.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/myanmar-coup.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/10/myanmar-military-gets-billions-from-profitable-business-amnesty