Myanmar’s New Administration: Military Consolidation, Not Transition

Myanmar’s New Administration: Military Consolidation, Not Transition

Five years after mounting a coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Min Aung Hlaing has overseen tightly staged elections transitioning him from commander-in-chief to president. Foreign governments should ensure interaction with Naypyitaw is calibrated, so as not to confer unwarranted legitimacy on the administration.

Propaganda and Fake News Editors: Myanmar’s Manufactured Transition

Min Aung Hlaing’s “civilian” government rests on a sophisticated propaganda architecture, and the independent media needed to challenge it is running out of funds.