- Analysis
Between resistance and the ballot box: Assessing the second phase of Myanmar’s junta-controlled elections
Unfolding amid ongoing conflict and territorial fragmentation, the second phase will deliver an outcome even less meaningful than the first
- Opinion
Few people voted in Myanmar’s junta election—and history explains why
From independence to dictatorship, participation has risen when elections mattered—and collapsed when they were staged. The 2025 vote fits the pattern.
- Analysis
The generals are holding a vote. No one is buying it.
As the junta prepares to conjure an election, Myanmar remains a country shattered by war, mass displacement, with a military that violates its own Constitution