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The United States kicked off the year with an attempted coup and Myanmar kicked off this

month with a successful one. Myanmar's military has seized power in a coup against the

democratically elected government there. Myanmar's military moved in. In Myanmar's capital,

the bridge to parliament is blocked by police and the roads are lined with military and

move the country's elected leader and are cabinet out. Somewhere behind the guns,

Hong San Suu Chi is once more a prisoner of the generals. But even though the military

swept a democratically elected leader out of power, this isn't quite a textbook takeover.

And before this coup happened, the military was really was sharing their power with a civilian

government.

Dr. Van Tran studies social movements in Myanmar. So we asked her to explain why a military

that already had plenty of power in Myanmar decided to take it all.

During the general election that happened in November 2020, the result was a landslide

for the ruling party of that time, which was the national league of democracy.

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