Table of Contents
Contents
Dedication. 2
Preface. 4
Acknowledgments. 6
Introduction. 11
PART ONE.. 16
Crimes, History and Dictatorship. 16
Chapter 1: Introduction. 18
Chapter 2: Historical Background. 25
Chapter 3: Profile of Min Aung Hlaing. 32
Chapter 4: The Coup of February 2021. 40
Chapter 5: Systematic Crimes and Atrocities. 49
Chapter 6: Economic Crimes. 55
Chapter 7: Human Stories. 62
Chapter 8: International Response. 68
Chapter 9: Analysis of Dictatorship. 74
PART TWO.. 82
The Current Situation of Myanmar ( 2025 -26 ) 82
Chapter 10: The Role of NUG/MOD and PDFs. 84
Chapter 11: The Role of KIO/KIA.. 91
Chapter 12: The Role of AA (ULA/AA) 98
Chapter 13: The Role of UWSA, TNLA, and MNDAA.. 105
Chapter 14: The Role of KNU/KNLA, KNDF, KNDO.. 111
Chapter 15: The Role of CDF-Mindat, the Chin Brotherhood Alliance, LDFs, and Other Pro-Democracy Forces. 118
Chapter 16:Relationships Across Myanmar's Resistance: NUG, Major EAOs, Regional Alliances, and Grassroots Forces (2025) 126
Chapter 17: International Leverage Points. 148
Chapter 18: Prospects for Peace and Federal Democracy. 161
Chapter 19: What Myanmar People Should Do - and How Democracies Should Help. 174
Chapter 20: Weapons, Law, and the Global Double Standard 183
PART THREE.. 196
The Call for the Future of Myanmar. 196
Chapter 21: Reforming the NUG - From Election Mandate to Federal Representation. 198
Chapter 22: The Do's and Don'ts of Myanmar's Democratic Struggle. 212
Chapter 23: The Mystery of Myanmar's Future Scenarios 224
Chapter 24: The Duty of Myanmar's People and the World 236
PART FOUR.. 242
Myanmar's Possible Futures. 242
Chapter 25: External Powers and Regional Dynamics. 247
Chapter 26: Internal Scenarios: Unity, Fragmentation, or Stalemate. 262
Chapter 27: Transitional Justice and the Challenge of Peacebuilding. 271
Chapter 28 - Rebuilding Institutions and Federal Governance 283
Chapter 29 - Myanmar's Place in the World. 294
PART FIVE.. 307
Conclusion and Protocols for the Future. 307
Chapter 30 - Protocols for Ending Dictatorship and Building a Federal Democratic Myanmar. 308
Chapter 31 - The Light of Federal Democracy. 325
The Promise of Federal Democracy. 331
Appendices A - F. 336
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms. 379
References and Bibliography. 388
Sources and Acknowledgments. 393