A year after Myanmar’s coup, the military still lacks control and the country is sliding into an intractable civil war
- Written by Nicholas Farrelly, Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania

In the year since Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s prospects have deteriorated sharply, with untold misery for millions: deaths, arrests, detention, sickness, displacement, poverty and trauma.
The military’s misjudgement of the popular mood means the coup leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and his...