It would be a mistake to assume that the mass uprisings or so called Gen Z uprisings against the ruling establishments in a swathe of countries, from Indonesia and the Philippines to Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, had the same or similar origins.

“The fact that a number of civic disturbances happened close to each other doesn’t mean they are interconnected … the causes in Indonesia are different from those in Nepal … the history of each is different and the actors are different,” says Satish Mishra, CEO of the Arthashastra Institute in Bali, Indonesia.

He was a guest on The Gist, analysing the so called Gen Z uprisings that have varied in scale. In Sri Lanka three years ago, in Bangladesh last year and in Nepal earlier this month, it resulted in the overthrow of the ruling establis

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