Myanmar’s Year of Violent Elections

Junta seeks to legitimize itself through meaningless polls

By: David Scott Mathieson

Min Aung Hlaing: great emancipator, sort of

Myanmar, torn by an insurrection attempting to reverse the coup d’etat of four years past, enters 2025 amid even greater uncertainty. The only safe prediction is for greater violence as the junta, which calls itself the State Administration Council (SAC), continues to lose territory to …