Myanmar and the politics of disaster
Myanmar has endured more than its fair share of human-made disasters. Almost everywhere you look there is evidence of the long-term consequences of official mismanagement, civil disorder and economic malaise.
Those who suffered through the difficult decades of military rule remember the suffocation that comes with poverty of opportunity and lack of hope. The vast majority of people in Myanmar, even those who currently enjoy more comfortable lives, have direct personal experience of doing it tough.
