ASIA TIME
by David Hutt
July 16, 2021
While Western governments universally reject the military coup, they're also wary of the anti-junta National Unity Government's credibility
Protesters hold posters in support of the National Unity Government (NUG) during a demonstration against the military coup on "Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Day" in Taunggyi, Shan state on May 2, 2021. Photo: AFP / Stringer
“Defending Burmese democracy is no longer a progressive, sexy cause.”
That may be at the heart of why Western governments still have not recognized Myanmar’s government-in-opposition that formed months after February’s military coup, according to David Frederic Camroux, an honorary senior research fellow at the Center for International Studies at Sciences Po in Paris.