San Diego World Affairs Council warmly welcomes Dr. Richard A. Nuccio's talk: ""From Dictatorship to Democracy? Myanmar's Uneasy Transition"".
After nearly fifty years of military rule, Myanmar/Burma began a guided transition toward a more open economic and political system in the mid-2000s. Led by the country's existing military leaders, the transition was based on a new constitution drafted by the military intended to maintain their influence and limit the power of the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Daw Aung Sang Suu Kyi.
Early signs that the military's plans would go awry were a sweep by the NLD of the 2012 by-elections that led in turn to a nationwide victory in largely fair elections in 2015.
As in many countries under authoritarian rule, deep regional, national, ethnic and religious divisions in Myanmar were unleashed by the easing of political repression. Myanmar's new democratically elected leaders have found themselves confronted by a continuation of decades-old civil wars and new insurgencies based on Buddhist/Muslim divisions long simmering beneath the surface.
• How did international sanctions against Myanmar, some of the strictest in the world, encourage the 2010 guided transition in Myanmar?
• How will relatively poor countries like Myanmar fare in the coming disorder of the disintegration of the post-WWII international order?
• What is the future of liberal democratic systems in Asia?
About our Speaker: Dr. Richard A. Nuccio
Richard A. Nuccio is the Interim Program Manager of the UK's Department of International Development (DfID) and European Union (EU)???funded Support Hluttaw Work for Effective Budget Oversight (SHWEBO) project to strengthen the oversight capacity of Myanmar's legislative branch at the Union, state, and region levels. Previously, Dr. Nuccio served as the National Democratic Institute's (NDI) resident senior country director for Myanmar from March 2013 until June 2016. In this capacity, he developed NDI's technical support program to Myanmar's parliament (Hluttaw) and oversaw all NDI programming in Myanmar, including its efforts to support independent observation of the 2015 national elections. Before arriving in Myanmar, Dr. Nuccio served as NDI's resident senior country director in South Sudan from 2011 until 2012. As country director, he oversaw the implementation of civic engagement program activities under a five-year, $61 million US Agency for International Development (USAID) grant and provided leadership to a team of nine international and 39 national staff.
Admission/Cost: Free - $10
Location:
National University
Sanford Center Auditorium
1355 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
Wednesday, January 15 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
After nearly fifty years of military rule, Myanmar/Burma began a guided transition toward a more open economic and political system in the mid-2000s. Led by the country's existing military leaders, the transition was based on a new constitution drafted by the military intended to maintain their influence and limit the power of the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Daw Aung Sang Suu Kyi.
Early signs that the military's plans would go awry were a sweep by the NLD of the 2012 by-elections that led in turn to a nationwide victory in largely fair elections in 2015.
As in many countries under authoritarian rule, deep regional, national, ethnic and religious divisions in Myanmar were unleashed by the easing of political repression. Myanmar's new democratically elected leaders have found themselves confronted by a continuation of decades-old civil wars and new insurgencies based on Buddhist/Muslim divisions long simmering beneath the surface.
• How did international sanctions against Myanmar, some of the strictest in the world, encourage the 2010 guided transition in Myanmar?
• How will relatively poor countries like Myanmar fare in the coming disorder of the disintegration of the post-WWII international order?
• What is the future of liberal democratic systems in Asia?
About our Speaker: Dr. Richard A. Nuccio
Richard A. Nuccio is the Interim Program Manager of the UK's Department of International Development (DfID) and European Union (EU)???funded Support Hluttaw Work for Effective Budget Oversight (SHWEBO) project to strengthen the oversight capacity of Myanmar's legislative branch at the Union, state, and region levels. Previously, Dr. Nuccio served as the National Democratic Institute's (NDI) resident senior country director for Myanmar from March 2013 until June 2016. In this capacity, he developed NDI's technical support program to Myanmar's parliament (Hluttaw) and oversaw all NDI programming in Myanmar, including its efforts to support independent observation of the 2015 national elections. Before arriving in Myanmar, Dr. Nuccio served as NDI's resident senior country director in South Sudan from 2011 until 2012. As country director, he oversaw the implementation of civic engagement program activities under a five-year, $61 million US Agency for International Development (USAID) grant and provided leadership to a team of nine international and 39 national staff.
Admission/Cost: Free - $10
Location:
National University
Sanford Center Auditorium
1355 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
Wednesday, January 15 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
