Myanmar’s Digital Coup

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.

• 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?.