2025.12.15 From Ballots to Bullets: Myanmar’s Crisis and Post–Sham Election Outlook Myanmar’s military will stage whatmany communities inside the country call a “sham election”—marked bycoercion, forced participation, and heavy military operations in contestedareas. While government-controlled media frames the vote as a milestone towardstability, local journalists, activists, and civil society networks report astarkly different reality: intensified pressure on civic actors, expandedmilitary cons