With the military junta’s banning of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the arrest of its key leaders, and violent suppression of political opposition and the resistance movement, one of the central questions about Myanmar’s future lies in where the NLD will go and how its relationship with the military and the resistance will transpire. Today, the NLD operates while fragmented, with some of its members in exile and its leaders still jailed. But the political party remains a significant and essential player in the future of the country. Join East Asia Program Co-Director Yun Sun for a discussion with pro-democracy activist and NLD member Myo Yan Naung Thein on the NLD, its future, and its relationship with other political players in the country.
Featured Speaker
Myo Yan Naung Thein, Visiting Researcher, Democratic Futures Core Working Group, University of Virginia
Myo Yan Naung Thein is a Burmese pro-democracy activist and former Secretary of the NLD’s Central Committee for Research and Strategy Studies. He was known as NLD’s chief research officer. He is the founder and director of the Bayda Institute which serves as the NLD’s academic branch. Currently, Myo Yan Naung Thein is working as a visiting researcher at Democratic Futures Project and co-chair of the Burmese Democratic Futures Working Group of University of Virginia.
Moderator
Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, East Asia Program