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Myanmar: weak leadership is prompting grassroots activists to make a difference

Marte Nilsen, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Benjamin Dix, SOAS, University of London Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy secured yet another large majority in the Myanmar parliament in the national election. But, despite the Nobel peace laureate’s party being in power since 2015, progress in the war-torn and troubled country remains hampered by both structural restraints …