BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;East Asia Program pr esentsGaining or Losing Ground? The Indonesian and Myanmar Armed\nForces a nd Divergent Regime Trajectories \;Do militaries gain or lose when lea ving politics following\ndemocratic transitions? This presentation seeks t o answer this question by\ncomparing the experience of the Indonesian and Myanmar armed forces following their\ndemocratic transitions. It seeks to further explain why the Burmese generals\nlaunched their coup in February 2021\, even though they remained most powerful\ninstitution in the country after the 2010 transition. The presentation will\nexamine and compare the intra-military dynamics as well the broader evolution\nof civil-military relations in Indonesia after 1998 and Myanmar after 2010. It\nargues that in Indonesia\, the civilians pushed for the transition\, pushed the\nmilit ary out of formal politics but compensated them with other institutional\n privileges\, from defense budget to internal autonomy and giving retirees\ npowerful role in political parties. In Myanmar\, the military initiated t he\ntransition\, controlled its trajectory since\, and decided to end the experiment\nwhen internal dynamics within the military increasingly saw th e civilian-led\ndemocracy to be detrimental to their interests.This event is part of Bringing East Asia to the SU Classroom\nSeries.Evan LaksmanaNat ional University of SingaporeEvan A. Laksmana is a Senior\nResearch Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew\nSchool of Pu blic Policy\,\n\nNational University of\nSingapore. His research focuses o n military change\, civil-military relations\,\nand regional security in t he Indo-Pacific. He was previously a senior\nresearcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in\nJakarta\, Indonesia. \; His research has appeared in Journal of Contemporary\nAsia\, Asian Securi ty\, Asian Politics &\; Policy\, Defense &\; Security\nAnalysis\, As ia Policy\, Contemporary Southeast Asia\, and others. He has written\nfor Foreign Policy\, The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Foreign Affairs\, South\nChina Morning Post\, and others. He earned his MA and PhD in politi cal science\nfrom Syracuse University as a Fulbright Presidential Scholar. He tweets\n@EvanLaksmana.Click here to registerFor more information or to request additional accommodations\, please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu. DTEND:20211005T222000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T135041Z DTSTART:20211005T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Evan Laksmana: Gaining or Losing Ground? The Indonesian and Myanmar Armed Forces and Divergent Regime Trajectories UID:RFCALITEM639141762418078134 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

East Asia Program presents


Gaining or Losi ng Ground? The Indonesian and Myanmar Armed\nForces and Divergent Regime T rajectories \;


Do militaries gain or lose wh en leaving politics following\ndemocratic transitions? This presentation s eeks to answer this question by\ncomparing the experience of the Indonesia n and Myanmar armed forces following their\ndemocratic transitions. It see ks to further explain why the Burmese generals\nlaunched their coup in Feb ruary 2021\, even though they remained most powerful\ninstitution in the c ountry after the 2010 transition. The presentation will\nexamine and compa re the intra-military dynamics as well the broader evolution\nof civil-mil itary relations in Indonesia after 1998 and Myanmar after 2010. It\nargues that in Indonesia\, the civilians pushed for the transition\, pushed the\ nmilitary out of formal politics but compensated them with other instituti onal\nprivileges\, from defense budget to internal autonomy and giving ret irees\npowerful role in political parties. In Myanmar\, the military initi ated the\ntransition\, controlled its trajectory since\, and decided to en d the experiment\nwhen internal dynamics within the military increasingly saw the civilian-led\ndemocracy to be detrimental to their interests.

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This event is part of Bringing East Asia to the SU Classroom\ nSeries.


Evan Laksmana

National Un iversity of Singapore


Evan A. Laksmana is a Senior\nResearch Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew\nSchoo l of Public Policy\,

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National University of\nSingapore. His rese arch focuses on military change\, civil-military relations\,\nand regional security in the Indo-Pacific. He was previously a senior\nresearcher at t he Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in\nJakarta\, Ind onesia. \; His research has appeared in Journal of Contemporary\nAsia\ , Asian Security\, Asian Politics &\; Policy\, Defense &\; Security\ nAnalysis\, Asia Policy\, Contemporary Southeast Asia\, and others. He has written\nfor Foreign Policy\, The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Fore ign Affairs\, South\nChina Morning Post\, and others. He earned his MA and PhD in political science\nfrom Syracuse University as a Fulbright Preside ntial Scholar. He tweets\n@EvanLaksmana.


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For more information or to request additional accommodations\, plea se contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu.

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