STORY OF THE DAY • May 19, 2021 • 10 min read
Myanmar coup Shan EAOs crucial to a federal army, but distrust and disunity reign
By
Allegra Mendelson
• May 19, 2021
With continued talk of a federal army within Myanmar’s anti-coup opposition, ethnic armed organisations in Shan state, among the country's most powerful and potentially vital to a successful resistance force, are held back by mistrust of the unity government and one another