SSPP NOT ENTERING CIVIL WAR FRAY: Saber-rattling or lost in translation
To the delight of the anti-junta groups Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) Info released a piece of news recently that it is embarking on...
Imagining a New Myanmar: The view of a Shan
(30 April 2024) Presented at Kahin Center panel, organized by Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University When I think of what should a new Burma look like,...
Summarized report on a pilot survey of the silent majority
Last year, a research group I used to work with showed me a report on their pilot survey of what is known as the...
In the aftermath of the 1027 Operation launched by the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BHA), of which Arakan Army (AA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)...
Chinese-Mediated Ceasefire: Tensions Stir Among 3BHA Members
The Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BHA) and the Myanmar military-led State Administration Council (SAC) are set to resume cease-fire negotiations in Kunming, China. Both sides...
Unity for Peace: Challenges Facing Shan Stateβs Armed Groups
Sun Tzu, a Chinese military strategist and philosopher, once stated that βthe supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.β Could...
A Federal Union Is Unachievable Amid Militarization
The attempt to establish a new type of nation-state through militarized means has reached an impasse. As the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), the...
Myanmarβs issues should be addressed by its people, not China
It indicates that Myanmarβs ongoing crisis is not feasible to solve by external factors, as the persistence of unresolved issues and the emergence of...
SHAN STATE: Possible three scenarios which may unfold in 2024
Community Analysis Support System (CASS) published a report aiming to support humanitarian intervention purposes in Shan State in April. As βthe provided information, assessment,...
SACβs Electoral Plans are at Stalemate
On the 23rd of last month, Myanmarβs state-owned MRTV aired an interview with a Russian news agency in which the State Administration Council leader,...
