{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9a03fe9e-1ff0-4dcc-b3f6-50bd1f016ea4/d61600ce-17b9-4935-ad7a-0f4de0752d8d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Burma's Hidden History","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195701f2eacc3a36070252a/619570bccb3c660012e3cf63.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In this extra episode David talks to Thant Myint-U about the fraught recent history of&nbsp;Burma&nbsp;(Myanmar) and asks what it can teach us about twenty-first century politics.&nbsp;Why did the West have so many illusions about Aung San Suu Kyi?&nbsp;Can democracy really rescue the country?&nbsp;What model of development might work in the age of Covid and climate change?&nbsp;A wide-ranging conversation about the forces shaping our world.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thant's website: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thantmyintu.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thantmyintu.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thant's book: </strong><a href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781786497871\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781786497871</a></p>","author_name":"David Runciman and Catherine Carr"}