Myanmar Civil War: Military Supremo Takes Presidency, Escalation Feared

• Senior General Min Aung Hlaing assumes Myanmar's presidency, raising concerns about re-escalation of the civil war.
• Hlaing secured 429 out of 586 parliamentary votes, with hardline loyalists now helming the army.
• The military maintains full control despite the apparent transition to a civilian government, following a tightly controlled election.
• The NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, was barred from contesting elections, which prompted the 2021 coup.
• A new rebel alliance, the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union, forms to continue armed struggle.