Transforming civil-military relations: Myanmar in comparative perspective : regional comparison of Myanmar’s civil-military relations illuminates the key obstacles and intricacies brought front and center in the wake of February’s coup d’état
Since the end of the Second World War, no other country in Asia nor worldwide has been governed by soldiers as long as Myanmar. Military rule came in two forms: direct and institutional (1962-1974 and 1988-2010) and in the form of quasi-civilian government, in which military-leaders-turned-civilians...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Stimson Center
April 2021
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| Series: | Asia : policy paper
Stimson’s civil-military relations in Myanmar series |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.stimson.org/2021/transforming-civil-military-relations-myanmar-in-comparative-perspective/
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| Author Notes: | by Aurel Croissant |
| Summary: | Since the end of the Second World War, no other country in Asia nor worldwide has been governed by soldiers as long as Myanmar. Military rule came in two forms: direct and institutional (1962-1974 and 1988-2010) and in the form of quasi-civilian government, in which military-leaders-turned-civilians occupied supreme positions (1974-1988 and 2010-2015). It would be naïve to assume that after more than half a century of military dominance over society, the state, and the economy, the Tatmadaw would simply “return to the barracks” and focus exclusively on an apolitical national defense mission. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 19.04.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |