Myanmar’s Digital Coup - How the World Responded

February marks four years since Myanmar's junta seized power in a violent and deadly coup.

Four years on, the military's firm grip on Myanmar's telecommunications infrastructure empowers them to weaponise internet shutdowns in regions where anti-coup resistance is strong and, operating under the guise of e-government projects, the regime raises funds and collects resources to strengthen its extensive surveillance infrastructure.

In a new book Myanmar's Digital Coup - How the World Responded​ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024),former Australian Ambassador to Myanmar Nicholas Coppel and cyber expert Lennon Chang explore the nature, scope, merits and limits of international responses to Myanmar's February 2021 coup, and analyse how technologies in the digital age have been used by both the military junta and the resistance movement to control information, the transfer of funds and to pursue accountability.

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? Should the United Nations play a larger role?

AIIA Victoria, co-hosting with the Australian Myanmar Institute​ invites you to join Nicholas Coppel and Lennon Chang with Professor Nicholas Farrelly to discuss how foreign governments, businesses or organisations have responded to the coup.

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