Pro-democracy protestors hold up flag representing various ethnic groups and organizations at a protest in Mandalay on February 22, 2021. (Frontier)

Myanmar: Failed state or failed nation?

The recent talk of Myanmar being a “failed state” overlooks a potentially bigger issue: that the people of Myanmar do not share a sense of a united Myanmar identity despite decades of effort by military and civilian governments alike to cultivate one.

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