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Myanmar Coup: Evolving Ethnic Rebel Politics and Civil Resistance / Kapur, Roshni

Kapur, Roshni	Journal Article
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Myanmar has been in a turmoil since the Tatmadaw (country’s military) ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and seized power in February 2021.1 The coup took place hours before the new parliament could convene following the 2020 general elections. The junta has detained her since then and reimposed military rule after running a short experiment under a power-sharing arrangement with the National League for Democracy (NLD).2 There are concerns that Myanmar could morph into another Syria with widespread displacement and hunger, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This commentary explores the sustained crackdown by the junta, the painstaking efforts undertaken by the ousted government to remain relevant domestically and gain legitimacy abroad, how the Tatmadaw is currently fighting a multi-front war in several areas of the borderlands, the adoption of violent tactics by members of the civil disobedience movement and ASEAN’s inability to find a permanent solution to the worsening crisis in Myanmar.

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Civil Resistance ; Myanmar Coup ; Ethnic Rebel Politics

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Sinhala and Tamil Nationalism Through the Lens of Territorialisation and Memorialisation in Post-conflict Sri Lanka / Kapur, Roshni

Kapur, Roshni	Journal Article
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Territory has always been a focal point of ethnic contestations and identity formation in Sri Lanka. Both Sinhala and Tamil nationalists have used claims of primordial and ethnically determined territories to validate their personal rights. The notion of primordial homeland has been used as a theatre of violence, production of identity, protective space for the Buddhist order and even as a politicaleconomic reward by the two sides. Both groups have also expressed the need to safeguard themselves against their opponent—marking the other as a communal majoritarian government or terrorist group. While this identity–territory linkage has been interrogated by many scholars and academics, travel literature in the context of conflict relations in Sri Lanka is a relatively understudied subject.

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