WAR IN MYANMAR’S ETHNIC STATES: Is military solution the way to peace and reconciliation?
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As the peace movement gains momentum the war in ethnic states are also intensifying threatening to push the country back to square one and...
ARMED CLASHES IN PAPUN DISTRICT: An end to peaceful negotiation?
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When clashes broke out between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), and the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) ...
Collective strength in the face of NLD government’s impotence?
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As if to demonstrate that the de facto government leader and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is now ready to give more power...
Mon National-Level Political Dialogue: A way forward?
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The New Mon State Party (NMSP) together with the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) finally signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on February 13, 2018,...
Former child soldier’s controversy and freedom of expression
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Since the problematic issue of child soldiers hit the headlines with the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) 220 page report “My Gun Was As Tall...
Myanmar’s ethnic civil war escalation propelling the country into a failed state?
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When Thein Sein-headed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) came into power, following the 2010 nationwide election, people were skeptical what would come out...
Learning to share: Book review #2
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Every man is my superior in some way In that I learn from him.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Title: China’s Multilayered Engagement Strategy and Myanmar’s...
Learning to share: Book Review #1
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Every man is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Title - Unraveling the History of Tai Yai: A Sub-group...
Back to the Land of the Enchanted Mistress (18-26 March 2018)
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Smart when you’re old
Diligent when you’re lame (Shan proverb)
This was my second visit to the United Kingdom, that Vladimir Peniakoff aka Popski (1897-1951)...
MYANMAR’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Military playing hardball to derail peace negotiation process?
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During the Water Festival – Sarngkyan in Shan, Thingyan in Burmese, and Songkran in Thai - quite a lot has happened. The war in...
