Abstract: Myanmar held a free and fair election in 2015 as the first remarkable election in 60 years after her independence from the British colony in 1948. General Nay Win coupe the country’s power and his government ruled Myanmar for 26 years from 1962-1989 and Myanmar lost democratic government since 1962. The entire military government ruled Myanmar from 1989 to 2010; the democratisation transition has been going on since 1988 by the head of Aung San Su Kyi, leader of NLD (National League for Democracy) and Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle restarted again in 2010 by United States’ pragmatic engagements with Myanmar during Obama’s administration. After the 2015 election, Aung San Su Kyi’s democratic government hand over power from U Thein Sein’s civil government but the military is still powerful by the 2008 Constitution. The new Democratic country Myanmar is keeping her democratic way to get full Democracy government among domestic and international challenges. This article explains “how Myanmar was trying her democratic transition between her development neighbour Chinese’s pressure and the U.S.A’s support to keep on the democratic way and standing for the human right”.
Keywords: Myanmar, Democratic Transition, United States, China.
Title: Myanmar’s Democracy Skiing Between Tug-Of-Power
Author: Khin Myat Kyaw Thu
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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