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Myanmar 2016 : from enthusiasm to disillusionment

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Date
2017
Author
Fumagalli, Matteo
Keywords
Myanmar
Transition
Backsliding
Democratization
Burma
Conflict
Aid
Aung San Suu Kyi
National League for Democracy
Military
JZ International relations
JQ Political institutions Asia
T-NDAS
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Abstract
2016 was the year when political change finally came to Myanmar. After a five-year transition from military rule to a (semi-)civilian government, the two electoral rounds of November 2015 (parliamentary) and March 2016 (presidential) ushered in a new phase of formally – if substantially constrained – democratic politics. The 2015 (direct) elections were the real watershed event between two political eras, with the 2016 (indirect) ones representing the completion of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory. This article reviews the events of 2016, and shows that the year can best be understood as a tale of two contrasting halves. Initially, the government laid out its priorities in domestic, economic and foreign policy. It identified peace-building as the first priority. The first part of the year proceeded relatively smoothly, without major mistakes by the government, whereas the second was marked by increasing tensions and incidents in Rakhine State in the south west. An attack in October by a Rohingya militant organization against border police sparked clashes that led to a crackdown by the army and a renewed flow of refugees into neighbouring Bangladesh. Criticism of the plight of the Rohingya community is growing outside the country. Myanmar’s transition is clearly still very much a work-in-progress.
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Fumagalli , M 2017 , ' Myanmar 2016 : from enthusiasm to disillusionment ' , Asia Maior , vol. XXVII , no. 1 , pp. 261-275 .
Publication
Asia Maior
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2385-2526
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2017 - Viella s.r.l. & Associazione Asia Maior. This is an open access publication. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://www.viella.it/rivista/9788867288854
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The End of the Obama Era in Asia. Edited by Michelguglielmo Torri and Nicola Mocci. ISBN 978-88-6728-885-4 (paper), ISBN 978-88-6728-886-1 (e-book pdf)
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https://www.viella.it/rivista/9788867288854
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11709

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