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3years on from coup, economic sanctions look unlikely to push Myanmar back to democracy

When Myanmar’s military seized back control of the country in February 2021 after a decade-long democratic interlude, the international community reached for a familiar tool: economic sanctions. The coup led several countries, including the United States and European Union member states, to impose or reinstate trade embargoes and other financial proscriptions against Myanmar’s military. On Feb. 1, 2024 – coinciding […]