Myanmar's Military Coup and the Destruction of a Decade of Political Reform examines a 2020–2025 question through a documented timeline, competing explanations, and distributional effects. It keeps the dated record “Myanmar’s military seized state power in a coup” separate from the continuing Driver Coup Risk, then uses Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score as a bounded welfare lens. The analysis states what the sources establish, what remains interpretive, and which observations would change the conclusion.