DiscoverMyanmar in a PodShell12 Myanmar's History and its Significance for Myanmar's Present
12 Myanmar's History and its Significance for Myanmar's Present

12 Myanmar's History and its Significance for Myanmar's Present

Update: 2022-09-23
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with Jacques Leider and Moe Thuzar

History seems to be repeating itself in Myanmar. The 1988 uprising and subsequent military takeover has many parallels to the nationwide uprising and coup of 2021. Of course, parallels do not mean that there are also significant differences - the consequences of digitalization are the most obvious. Myanmar in a Podshell speaks with two historians to understand what is similar and what is different, and to answer the central question: Is it possible to learn from history?

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19 How to achieve peace in Myanmar

19 How to achieve peace in Myanmar

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18 Martin Smith: "The Myanmar military is trying to contain the resistance not to defeat it"

18 Martin Smith: "The Myanmar military is trying to contain the resistance not to defeat it"

2023-09-2942:22

17 Myanmar's Many Revolutions and the Spring Revolution

17 Myanmar's Many Revolutions and the Spring Revolution

2023-08-1656:17

16 Hardened Fronts - The Narrow Space for Diplomacy in Myanmar

16 Hardened Fronts - The Narrow Space for Diplomacy in Myanmar

2023-05-1051:39

15 No way out – The Rohingya between Myanmar and Bangladesh

15 No way out – The Rohingya between Myanmar and Bangladesh

2023-03-3158:45

14 War and Peace – Myanmar's armed struggle two years after the coup d'état

14 War and Peace – Myanmar's armed struggle two years after the coup d'état

2023-02-0153:27

13 Environment and Climate Change – The Looming Crisis Behind the Political Crisis

13 Environment and Climate Change – The Looming Crisis Behind the Political Crisis

2022-11-1946:34

12 Myanmar's History and its Significance for Myanmar's Present

12 Myanmar's History and its Significance for Myanmar's Present

2022-09-2301:00:09

11 The Good, the Right, the Just - Myanmar's View of Law and Justice

11 The Good, the Right, the Just - Myanmar's View of Law and Justice

2022-08-1955:42

10 No Chance for Peace? - Myanmar’s Long History of Violence

10 No Chance for Peace? - Myanmar’s Long History of Violence

2022-06-2558:49

09 Myanmar's Economy - Back to the past?

09 Myanmar's Economy - Back to the past?

2022-05-2959:12

08 Journalism in a polarized environment – Myanmar Media and the Coup

08 Journalism in a polarized environment – Myanmar Media and the Coup

2022-03-2843:40

07 Local Democracy - A Feasible Alternative to Top-Down Governing?

07 Local Democracy - A Feasible Alternative to Top-Down Governing?

2022-02-1153:03

06 Generation Z - Inventing a New Myanmar?

06 Generation Z - Inventing a New Myanmar?

2022-02-0158:01

05 Is Myanmar on its own again? – The International Dimension of the Coup d'Etat

05 Is Myanmar on its own again? – The International Dimension of the Coup d'Etat

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04 Education in Times of Uprising

04 Education in Times of Uprising

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03 Democracy - Myanmar's Endless Struggle

03 Democracy - Myanmar's Endless Struggle

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02 Many third forces – The role of Myanmar's Ethnic Armed Organizations

02 Many third forces – The role of Myanmar's Ethnic Armed Organizations

2021-10-2354:51

01 Myanmar without Aung San Suu Kyi

01 Myanmar without Aung San Suu Kyi

2021-09-1847:40

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