The junta’s takeover of Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February 2021 has been met with widespread opposition both within and outside the country ...

or about being controlled, but as wanting to end up on the side that’s doing the controlling, it becomes much clearer why authoritarianism so often arises from the ashes of a failed democracy.

All of this reflected the style of governance the GoM report had outlined: governance through narrative control. The homegrown democracy index, diplomatic messaging, discrediting critics ...