Al Jazeera English – 1- 2- 2025
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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