Myanmar Junta in Dire Trouble, Think Tank Says

Decision to oust democratic government in 2021 looks increasingly unwise

Myanmar’s armed forces, the Tatmadaw, are increasingly beleaguered, according to a variety of sources including the influential Council on Foreign Relations. Joshua Kurlantzick, an author and senior Southeast Asia Fellow for the New York-based thinktank, wrote in his log on March 11 that “the situation has only gotten more dire for the Tatmadaw, and the…