Will the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi discourage dissent or further galvanise the ten-month old resistance to Myanmar's coup? Two years under house arrest the first of several sentences to come against a Nobel peace laureate who at 76 may or may not walk free again. Before the putsch, critics called her too accommodating to the generals. Now silenced, is Suu Kyi reinstated in her status as the face of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement?

Resistance now comes in many forms: From flashmob protests to tax strikes, will the pressure of ordinary citizens pay off? What about armed rebellions in an ethnically-diverse hinterland? 

And as for the junta, can it ride the storm? Or take the nation back to reclusive state status during its previous half-a-century long stint in power?

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