A weak regime clings to power in Myanmar

The people seem on the brink of driving the brutal military regime from power. The first thing they should do after is get rid of the army forever.

Aung San Suu Kyi—the daughter of the army’s founder—led a largely non-violent revolution that forced the military to share political power, but in 2021, the army took it back very violently, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 25, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—If the people of Myanmar drive General Min Aung Hlaing and his brutal military regime from power—as they seem about to do—the first thing they should do afterwards is take a leaf from Costa Rica’s book and abolish the army. Don’t reform it or downsize ...

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