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Richard Takhun
PhD Candidate
03 May 2020
14th Dec 2022 03 May 2020
Richard Takhun (21.12.2021) 1
Revolution and Resistance
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1. Shadow government formed by military,
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elected parliament
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representatives (called NUG, 1. the front line resistance
national unity government) becomes guerrilla force.
2. Three finger salute 2. young people mostly under 30.
3. Demonstrations 3. They call themselves People
Defence Force (PDF).
4. Strikes
4. learned how to make smoke
5. CDM, civil disobedience bombs and handmade guns on
movements. the internet.
6. Banging pots and pans 5. They go In the forests, trained
7. Silent strikes by ethnic militias for basic
8. EAOs especially Karen, Kachin warfare techniques and
ad Chin militias plotting to sabotage military-
linked facilities.
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Conflict Map before the Coup Conflict Map after the Coup as of March 2022
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Humanitarian Needs
3700 shot to
death
33000
1400000
Civilian
displaced
Houses
people
Burnt Down
Seriously
This is the tip of the iceberg Underfunded
• Opportunity cost of Feb 1 military
coup in Myanmar. Education
Only 28% is
sector in
funded
Even if the crisis stops now crisis
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Argument for aid as a necessary tool for needy
However, there is also an argument from the perspective of objective moral
values
What should we do to 1.4 million displaced people who does not even have
their basic needs for survival?
Should we left them to their ruin or
should we do what we can?
According to the numerous studies, since the end of the Cold War donors
have tended to route aid away from the governments of poorly governed countries, and
aid has tended to be associated with positive reforms although not necessarily democratization.
whether aid promotes or prevents democratic reform depends upon the political and
social characteristics of the country in question.
Implicit in the other side’s argument is the belief that aid is an essential ingredient
enabling dictators to stay in power, and that should it be cut off entirely and
Hopefully, government reform would follow.
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Yet there is almost no real evidence to support this,