Myanmar’s Digital Coup

Nicholas Coppel is an Adjunct Associate Professor (Practice) at Monash University, and a former senior career diplomat and Ambassador. He was Australia's Ambassador to Myanmar from 2015-2018. Between 2011 and 2013, he headed the 500+ person Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands in restoring law and order and governance in Solomon Islands after a period of ethnic tensions. He oversaw and contributed to the publication of ten books as Executive Director of the Department of foreign Affairs and Trade's Economic Analytical Unit. Overseas, he has also served as Australia's Deputy High Commissioner in Port Moresby and Deputy Head of Mission in Manila, with an earlier posting in Washington DC. Nicholas has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Australian National University and a Master of Business Administration degree from London Business School. He was awarded the Cross of Solomon Islands in 2017.
Lennon Y.C. Chang is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia. He is the Vice Chairman of the Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society which he co-founded in 2012. He is also the founder of Cyberbaykin: Myanmar Cyber Security Awareness campaign. Before joining Monash University, he was an Assistant Professor of criminology in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong (2011-2015).He was awarded his PhD by the Australian National University in 2010. He has a Master in Criminology and Bachelor in Law degrees from National Taipei University. In 2007 he received an Endeavour Asia Award and in 2009 was identified by Peking University and Griffith Asia Institute as an Australia-China Emerging Leader. He was recently selected as a Global Emerging Voices Fellow and an Australia-China Youth Dialogue Fellow.

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?.