What’s happening in Myanmar? | Start Here

Myanmar’s military regime is under pressure, four years after it seized back power in a coup.

The military has lost significant territory and a patchwork of anti-military groups now control different parts of the country. What’s happening? Who are the groups fighting against the military? And could the regime actually fall? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - What led up to the 2021 coup?
02:08 - How the coup led to a popular uprising
03:05 - Who controls what in Myanmar?
03:33 - Who are the ethnic armed organisations?
04:15 - The new anti-military resistance groups
05:03 - Who are the People’s Defence Forces? (PDF)
05:20 - How the ethnic armed organisations are making gains
07:05 - What would need to happen for the military to fall?
08:25 - The role of China
09:13 - Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis

This episode features:

Chris Sidoti | Co-founder of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
Kyaw Win | | Executive Director, Burma Human Rights Network
Khin Omar | Burmese Democracy & Human Rights Activist
Richard Horsey | Senior Adviser on Myanmar, International Crisis Group
Min Zaw Oo | Executive Director, Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security

The map of control is credited to Thomas van Linge, freelance journalist and researcher
X: @ThomasVLinge

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