WASHINGTON — Myanmar’s military coup marks an early test case of President Joe Biden’s determination to advocate democracy but, unlike a decade ago when the United States nurtured a transition there, he has limited options.
The rise of democracy in Myanmar had initially been hailed as a key achievement of former president Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as number two, representing an opening of a long-closed nation that had been in rival China’s orbit.
But Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader who was detained with others Monday, had been rapidly losing Western support as the Nobel laureate stayed reticent — some argue so as not to antagonize the military — abou…
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