Myanmar’s generals have not thought their coup through
They have no way forwards without extreme violence, but also no way back
SIX WEEKS after the armed forces under General Min Aung Hlaing launched a coup d’état with calamitous implications for Myanmar, two factors become more salient by the day. The first is the scale of popular revulsion at the return to naked military rule.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “No way forwards—or back”
Asia March 13th 2021
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- America’s top brass responds to the threat of China in the Pacific
- Myanmar’s generals have not thought their coup through
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