What is Aung San Suu Kyi thinking?

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ASSK's father was a Burman nationalist who served under the Japanese puppet regime, and she has largely remained loyal to his legacy. And a key part of Burmese nationalism (that the Aung dynasty deeply wants) is a centralised state with little autonomy. Plus the Rohyinga are super unpopular in Myanmar, and nobody views them as "Burmese" (you can compare it how Roma are viewed in most of Europe, even amongst liberal and leftist circles); she is a politician after all and she is wary of far-right activists like Ashin Wirathu that are already sceptical of her due to her cultivated reputation; so she has let the military (themselves looking for an easy popularity boost, after their cratering reputations towards the end of official military rule) do their thing,