Protesters wave NLD flags and shout slogans beside a police truck during a protest against the military coup in Yangon on February 22. (Frontier)
Protesters wave NLD flags and shout slogans beside a police truck during a protest against the military coup in Yangon on February 22. (Frontier)

Why the coup will fail, and what the Tatmadaw can do about it

The Tatmadaw underestimated the social forces that are coming together to resist the coup, and it will ruin the country and itself if it fails to negotiate a way out of its own mess.

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