To Hopeland and Back, the 24th trip
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Day Three. Sunday, 11 December 2016 When you are fighting, you focus on who’s wrong But when you are making peace, you focus on what’s wrong Anonymous Today,...
To Hopeland and Back, the 24th trip
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Day Two. Saturday, 10 December 2016 Call me a coward because I am all for peace Tell me that I am evil because I am all...
To Hopeland and Back, the 24th trip
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(9-20 December 2016) Whatever wholesome that I’ve learned, may it be yours This trip came about as both the EAOs and the government begin preparations for...
Pessimism rules as Commander-in-Chief aired his hard-line stance on ethnic armies
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This year Aung San Suu Kyi's close aide and trusted friend Htin Kyaw, whom she has installed as the President, took the responsibility to...
Two-tier administration and two-pronged approach lead to failed peace process
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The two most crucial issues that would definitely be carried into the year 2017 are the conflict between the Rohingya – the government proposed...
Tatmadaw’s illusion of sovereignty ownership a catch-22 situation?
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Even though the union parliament has rejected the labeling the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B), made up of Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National...
TAKING STOCK: The peace process after five years
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As the Thein Sein regime initiated peace process, which started out on 17 August 2011, entered into the fifth year and the partially signed...
Is Burma ready for civic nationalism?
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; Nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), French...
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The Burma Army or Tatmadaw hard-line stance vis a vis the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) has never been in doubt. But as the Defense...
CONFLICT IN SHAN STATE: Aftermath of Northern Alliance offensives
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The 20 November Northern Alliance -Burma (NA-B) offensive against the Burma Army or Tatmadaw and police forces in northern Burma, along the Chinese border,...





