On February 1, 2023, the second anniversary of the coup, the State Administration Council (SAC), the top decision-making body of Myanmar’s military regime, announced extending the state of emergency.
At its Monetary Policy Meeting that concluded on June 18, 2025, the Bank of Japan decided—much as markets had expected—to leave monetary settings unchanged.
Extended deterrence, which involves nuclear weapons, has two dimensions: the hardware aspect, concerning the number, capability, and deployment of nuclear weapons, and the software aspect, concerning planning and consultation.