A protester holds a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the junta in Yangon in February 2021. (Frontier)

Myanmar’s ‘leaderless’ uprising is a break from the past

With Aung San Suu Kyi behind bars, a more collective form of leadership is driving the struggle against military rule, but is this a strength or a weakness?

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