Myanmar's Digital Coup
Autor Nicholas Coppel, Lennon Y. C. Changen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 iul 2025
Myanmar’s opening to the world and its digitalisation has made this coup different from the three previous coups. The book's starting point is that diplomacy is no longer (if it everwas) the preserve of governments and diplomats. International organisations, not-for-profit organisations, large corporations, academia, civil society, social media, and even individuals have all been engaged and sought to influence developments.
Drawing extensively on primary sources (official statements by UN agencies, foreign governments, international corporations, NGOs and Burma campaign activists) and experiences as a senior diplomat and an academic working with Myanmar’s government to build cyber capacity and cyber security awareness, this book takes a fresh look at all forms of international behaviour that seek to bring about change in a rogue or pariah state. The book will be the first to study the part played by Gen Z and their facility with smart phone technology to mobilise, inform and build opposition to the coup. To what extent did the youth of Myanmar learn from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and the so-called “milk tea alliance”? How has dependenceon the internet affected the operations of the security forces and the Civil Disobedience Movement? How did both sides deploy misinformation and disinformation to achieve their respective goals?
The book thus provides an informative guide for those seeking an understanding of what has happened and what, short of a military intervention, can be done about it. It examines international responses in the first year following the coup, candidly assessing their feasibility, efficacy and utility. Recent developments are situated within the context of Myanmar’s modern history and the discourse on the effectiveness of sanctions compared with engagement.
The book also critically examines ASEAN’s role – how does ASEAN see its role, how does the National Unity Government regard ASEAN endeavours, and how does the rest of the world view ASEAN’s capacity to address Myanmar’s problems? We evaluate ASEAN’s principle of non-interference in the internalaffairs of member states. Does this principle matter more to it than judgments about its weakness and inability to deal with breaches of the ASEAN Charter?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783031586477
ISBN-10: 3031586476
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN-10: 3031586476
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
Cuprins
Chapter 1: Introduction – Myanmar Under Siege.- Chapter 2: Coup #4 – February 2021 and After.- Chapter 3: Weaponisation of the Internet.- Chapter 4: The Battle for Recognition.- Chapter 5: The UN - Remaining Seized of the Matter.- Chapter 6: The World - Watching and Worrying.- Chapter 7: ASEAN Centrality Tested and Contested.- Chapter 8: Aid - Circling Back From Development to Humanitarian Assistance.- Chapter 9: Foreign Firms - To Stay or To Go?.- Chapter 10: Conclusion – A way forward?.
Notă biografică
Nicholas Coppel is President of the Australia Myanmar Institute and a former senior career diplomat. He was Australia's Ambassador to Myanmar for four years from 2015 to 2018. Between 2011 and 2013, he headed the 500+ person Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands in restoring law and order and governance in Solomon Islands after a period of ethnic tensions. He oversaw and contributed to the publication of ten books as Executive Director of the Department of foreign Affairs and Trade’s Economic Analytical Unit. Overseas, he has also served as Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner in Port Moresby and Deputy Head of Mission in Manila, with an earlier posting in Washington DC. Nicholas has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Australian National University and a Master of Business Administration degree from London Business School. He was awarded the Cross of Solomon Islands in 2017.
Lennon Y.C. Chang is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia. He is the Vice Chairman of the Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society which he co-founded in 2012. He is also the founder of Cyberbaykin: Myanmar Cyber Security Awareness campaign. Before joining Monash University, he was an Assistant Professor of criminology in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong (2011-2015). He was awarded his PhD by the Australian National University in 2010. He has a Master in Criminology and Bachelor in Law degrees from National Taipei University. In 2007 he received an Endeavour Asia Award and in 2009 was identified by Peking University and Griffith Asia Institute as an Australia-China Emerging Leader. He was recently selected as a Global Emerging Voices Fellow and an Australia-China Youth Dialogue Fellow.
Lennon Y.C. Chang is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia. He is the Vice Chairman of the Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society which he co-founded in 2012. He is also the founder of Cyberbaykin: Myanmar Cyber Security Awareness campaign. Before joining Monash University, he was an Assistant Professor of criminology in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong (2011-2015). He was awarded his PhD by the Australian National University in 2010. He has a Master in Criminology and Bachelor in Law degrees from National Taipei University. In 2007 he received an Endeavour Asia Award and in 2009 was identified by Peking University and Griffith Asia Institute as an Australia-China Emerging Leader. He was recently selected as a Global Emerging Voices Fellow and an Australia-China Youth Dialogue Fellow.
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This is a courageous book, which will be of particular interest to policy analysts and practitioners. Its reflections on key policy issues are refreshingly candid, generally sound, and often insightful.
— Dr. Morten B. Pedersen, University of New South Wales Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
This book analyses how technologies have been used by both the military junta and resistance movement in Myanmar’s digital coup to control information and the transfer of funds and to pursue accountability. They have been used to pressure and mobilise external actors and the book critically assesses international responses ranging from the United Nations, ASEAN, individual countries, activist groups, donors and international businesses. Contact with the military has been criticised as recognising and legitimising the regime and individual firms have come under pressure to exit. The authors argue that the National Unity Government overestimates the significance of foreign recognition and activists overestimate the influence of international responses on military behaviour. They suggest external actors change from judging and excoriating the responses of the international community and focus on how foreign governments,businesses or organisations can support and strengthen Myanmar society. If change in Myanmar is to come it will be those that have remained, not those that have left, that will bring it about.
Nicholas Coppel is President of the Australia Myanmar Institute and a former senior career diplomat. He was Australia's Ambassador to Myanmar for four years from 2015 to 2018.
Lennon Y.C. Chang is Associate Professor, Cyber Risk and Policy, in the Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust and the School of Information Technology, at Deakin University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and technology, cybercrime and cyber security, disinformation campaigns and foreign interference. He co-founded Cyber Baykin: Myanmar Cyber Security Awareness Campaign. Dr Chang completed a PhD in Law at the Regulatory Institutions Network at the Australian National University.
— Dr. Morten B. Pedersen, University of New South Wales Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
This book analyses how technologies have been used by both the military junta and resistance movement in Myanmar’s digital coup to control information and the transfer of funds and to pursue accountability. They have been used to pressure and mobilise external actors and the book critically assesses international responses ranging from the United Nations, ASEAN, individual countries, activist groups, donors and international businesses. Contact with the military has been criticised as recognising and legitimising the regime and individual firms have come under pressure to exit. The authors argue that the National Unity Government overestimates the significance of foreign recognition and activists overestimate the influence of international responses on military behaviour. They suggest external actors change from judging and excoriating the responses of the international community and focus on how foreign governments,businesses or organisations can support and strengthen Myanmar society. If change in Myanmar is to come it will be those that have remained, not those that have left, that will bring it about.
Nicholas Coppel is President of the Australia Myanmar Institute and a former senior career diplomat. He was Australia's Ambassador to Myanmar for four years from 2015 to 2018.
Lennon Y.C. Chang is Associate Professor, Cyber Risk and Policy, in the Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust and the School of Information Technology, at Deakin University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and technology, cybercrime and cyber security, disinformation campaigns and foreign interference. He co-founded Cyber Baykin: Myanmar Cyber Security Awareness Campaign. Dr Chang completed a PhD in Law at the Regulatory Institutions Network at the Australian National University.
Caracteristici
Explores international efforts to bring about change in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup Embeds the discussion of international responses within an analysis of domestic politics Offers insights into how the digital era may test the limits of democratic transitions theory