To Hopeland and Back: The 32nd trip
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(11-15 September 2017) Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. (Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) My trip this time had two purposes: I...
Learning to Share: The PPST Strategic Meeting
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(4-7 September 2017) Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) I’m sure I’m not the first one to...
TRUST-BUILDING INITAITIVE: RCSS’s Nay Pyi Taw Visit
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Following weeks of negative bad press stemming from the conflict in Arakan State, the Restoration Council of Shan State's (RCSS) visit, due to the...
TERMINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AID: Shan refugees in the limbo
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While the conflict situation in Arakan State is making international headlines, a little less known catastrophe in the making is brewing along the Thai-Burma...
ROHINGYA CONFLICT: Is a compromised solution still on the table?
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In any conflict it is always the hardest part to give way from one's entrenched position to a middle ground, or should we say...
THE MILITARY’S DEMOCRATIZATION DEBACLE: Tatmadaw not keen to return to the barracks
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It is good that gathering like “Forum on Myanmar Democratic Transition” held from August 11 to 13, which was attended by government's several ministers...
SIXTH UNFC-GOVERNMENT MEETING: “Is the glass half empty or half full?”
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Again, the official sixth meeting between the United Nationalities Federal Council's (UNFC) Delegation for Political Dialogue (DPN) and the government's Peace Commission (PC) held...
Learning to share: Another story for our time
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Last week, there was a discussion on whether the Union constitution adopted in 2008—by questionable means―should be amended or rewritten. Nobody had asked them whether...
UNFC proposal: 4 out of 8 points to be re-negotiated
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Today’s informal meeting between Naypyitaw’s Peace Commission delegation and the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will continue to seek...
STAGNATION OF PEACE PROCESS: Will listening to the people approach work?
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Looking at the ongoing peace process one couldn't help but to conclude that it is indeed entering a period of stagnation and State Counselor...





