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To Hopeland and Back The 21st trip for the 21st Century Panglong – (Day-10)

Day Ten. Wednesday, 31 August 2016  Focus on interests, not positions The Global Negotiator The opening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:00. But at 08:00 we are...

To Hopeland and Back The 21st trip for the 21st Century Panglong

Day Five. Friday, 26 August 2016 I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women French to men And German to my horse. The Global Negotiator Today, Sai Kham Nood, Secretary of...

To Hopeland and Back: The 21st trip for the 21st Century Panglong

Day Four. Thursday, 25 August 2016  Send a written proposal in advance of a meeting to allow your counterpart time to review and comprehend the...

ANOTHER HURDLE: Last obstacle before next nationwide peace negotiation begins

After the positively hailed opening of the Union Peace Conference (UPC), also dubbed  21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), from 31 August to 3 September,...

To Hopeland and Back: The 21st trip for the 21st Century Panglong

Day Three. Wednesday, 24 August 2016 Get to know your opposite numbers at all levels socially. Friends take longer to fall out. The Global Negotiator Today marks my...

To Hopeland and Back: The 21st trip 

Day Two. Tuesday, 23 August 2016 Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when...

DEMAND OF NEW NATIONAL STATES: A challenge that is unavoidable

One controversial and visible challenge coming out of the recently finished 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is the demand for the status of new...

To Hopeland and Back: The 21st trip 

The gods presented (Pandora) with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her even to open it. (But) Pandora, like...

STATE COUNSELLOR’S FOREIGN POLICY BLUNDER: Tibet, Xinjiang and China-Myanmar Joint Statement

Generally, the China-Myanmar Joint Press Release or Statement of 20 August 2016 is seen as a  diplomatic procedure normally issued after the end of...

AFTERMATH OF 21ST CENTURY PANGLONG: Positive symbolism throws the door of earnest negotiations  wide open

The Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), held from 31 August to 3 September, was supposed to be Aung San Suu Kyi's...

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