Already, Myanmar's Armed Forces Day 2021 will go down as a day of infamy. Security forces on Sunday went and opened fire on a funeral. Can the junta get away with its February 1 coup by shooting its way out of the crisis? What more can the international community do?
After targeted sanctions against regime bigwigs, how to squeeze the businesses that make money for the military or at least not be complicit in their enrichment? We ask about the US suspending a trade deal with Myanmar. Will those measures help or hurt?
From Russia to North Korea, recent history is littered with examples of mitigated success on that front. In the case of Myanmar, it's a nation that in the past decade has opened up and come online. Can it and should it be shut down?
Produced by Charles Wente, Juliette Laurain and Imen Mellaz.
