Expert: Military forces stages coup in Myanmar
Myanmar鈥檚 military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including聽state counsellor and聽Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi 鈥� a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule.聽()听
Here聽is an聽expert from 黑料不打烊 University that can provide comment on this topic:聽
Erik Kuhonta, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science聽聽
"The coup in Myanmar is significant and deeply troubling. It indicates how weak Myanmar's democratization has been, and how unstable the country remains.鈥澛�
Eric聽Kuhonta聽is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the聽Institute for the Study of International Development. An聽expert in Southeast Asian politics, his research interests include comparative political development, political economy, and international affairs.聽
erik.kuhonta [at] mcgill.ca聽(English)听聽
