More than four months since the military seized power in  Myanmar, there has been no let-up in protests despite a brutal crackdown by the junta. There’s a sense of loss now, a sense of shock among the people who had thought there would be continuity after Aung  San Suu Kyi’s party NLD won a thumping majority in the elections last year, says Ben Dunant, Editor-at-large of 'Frontier Myanmar', a  Yangon-based news magazine. The junta relies on robust support from  China and Russia, and the military feels a strong entitlement to rule,  he told StratNews Global. On the raft of charges against Suu Kyi, he said the military intends to get her out of the picture so that it could rule through its proxy party under a multi-party democracy. But the  'military’s thinking is flawed' as protests haven’t died down even though she has been under arrest. Listen in for more.

Podcast Producer :Manas R. Tarai