Special Issue on the State of Emergency in Myanmar

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Special Issue on the State of Emergency in Myanmar

8 February 2021 (pm) - 9 February 2021 (am)

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This special issue of Daily News Alert compiles news articles relating to the state of emergency imposed by the Myanmar military on 1 February.

The regular Daily News Alert will be released after 3:30 pm.

1. Myanmar’s coup-makers play a dangerous game

Nicholas Farrelly

Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 9 February 2021

2. Placing sanctions on Myanmar military will work because it has worked in the past: UN expert

Channel News Asia, 9 February 2021

3. UN rights forum to hold special session on Myanmar crisis

Channel News Asia, 9 February 2021

4. Myanmar Coup: What It Means For ASEAN

Visal Chourn and Bunna Vann

Eurasia Review, 9 February 2021

5. Myanmar’s Mess Demonstrates Incoherence of America’s Crusades For Democracy

Zachary Yost

Eurasia Review, 9 February 2021

6. Myanmar regime edges closer to crackdown after martial law declared in several cities

Tan Hui Yee

Straits Times, 9 February 2021

7. UK envoy sees Myanmar coup as irreversible, risk of violence rising

Straits Times, 9 February 2021

8. Don’t Isolate Myanmar

Brahma Chellaney

ASEAN Post, 8 February 2021

9. India and Myanmar: Business as Usual Despite Power Grab

Sudha Ramachandran

Diplomat, 8 February 2021

10. Myanmar Generals’ Path to ‘Eternal Peace’

Robert Bociaga

Diplomat, 8 February 2021

11. The Coup in Myanmar: A Grim Future for Aid Groups?

Shagun Gupta

Diplomat, 8 February 2021

12. A coup in Myanmar, but to what end

Editorial Board, ANU

East Asia Forum, 8 February 2021

13. Elected MP from Mon Unity Party to join State Administration Council

Eleven Myanmar, 8 February 2021

14. Can ASEAN Help Solve Myanmar’s Domestic Political Crisis?

Sokvy Rim

Eurasia Review, 8 February 2021

15. Myanmar Junta Bid to Draw in Ethnic Parties Met With Chilly Response

Radio Free Asia, 8 February 2021

16. Myanmar Military Junta Sets Curfews, Crowd Controls After Days of Mass Protests

Radio Free Asia, 8 February 2021

17. Coup opposition runs skin deep for Myanmar youth

Straits Times, 8 February 2021

18. Rohingya Activists Are Hoping That the Coup in Myanmar Will Be a Turning Point for Their Struggle

Amy Gunia

Time, 8 February 2021

19. Ghosts of coups past in Myanmar

Mary Callahan, University of Washington

East Asia Forum, 7 February 2021

20. [INSIGHT] Myanmar’s troubles signal erosion of democracy in Southeast Asia

James Gomez and Khin Mai Aung

Jakarta Post, 7 February 2021

21. [INSIGHT] Democracy challenged: Donald Trump, Min Aung Hlaing, and Indonesia

Donald K. Emmerson heads the Southeast Asia Program at Stanford University.

Jakarta Post, 5 February 2021

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