S04E04: Myan­mar’s Strug­gle for Democratization

This episode focus­es on Myanmar’s slow jour­ney towards democ­ra­ti­za­tion, which appeared to have been halt­ed by the mil­i­tary coup in 2021. What is also dis­cussed is the lega­cy of British colo­nial rule in which cer­tain eth­nic groups were favored over oth­ers, and the progress of inter­na­tion­al actions against the Myan­mar mil­i­tary regime over the Rohingya geno­cide. Fur­ther­more, the impact of the war in Ukraine is exam­ined as some­thing that may force the mil­i­tary back on the road towards democratization.

Guests fea­tured in this episode:

Marzu­ki Darus­man,  an inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized human rights lawyer and for­mer Attor­ney Gen­er­al of Indone­sia.  Marzu­ki has par­tic­i­pat­ed in the work of UN com­mit­tees on the assas­si­na­tion of Benazir Bhut­to in Pak­istan, war crimes in Sri Lan­ka, human rights in North Korea, and most recent­ly, he was the chair an inde­pen­dent Fact-Find­ing Mis­sion on Myan­mar under the UN Human Rights Coun­cil fol­low­ing the Rohingya geno­cide in 2017.