BURMA’S WOES: Two issues that make headlines and caused diplomatic rows
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It is incredible by all standard that the Burma's Union Solidarity and Development Party-Military (USDP-Military) regime has managed to become center of attraction within...
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Once again, the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) which is the de facto government of the Wa Self Administered Division (SAD), hosting the ethnic...
BURMA’S PRO-DEMOCRACY REBELS – STICK TO YOUR GUNS!
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"Stick to your guns" is a well-known English saying. It means that you will not compromise. You will continue to demand what you both...
THE THREE LEFT OUT ETHNIC ARMIES: Questions of ratifying nationwide ceasefire agreement together
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When asked, regarding the regime's top peace negotiator, U Aung Min's statement of 9 May, during the Peace and Reconciliation Meeting held at Inya...
Ethnic Armed Resistance Leadership: Constitutional Amendment Key to Ethnic Conflict Resolution
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As the Panghsang meeting, held from 1 to 6 May and attended by 65 ethnic leaders, was still in progress, President Thein Sein, in...
Danger of polarization in peace process is real
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Hardly has the euphoria of EAOs leaders' meeting held in Panghsang subsided, the “Peace and National Reconciliation Meeting”, involving a gathering of two major...
The Draft Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement
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After seven rounds of talks between armed ethnic groups and the Thein Sein Government, progress was finally achieved on 31 March 2015 with the ...
Fulfilling UWSA national state aspirations
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As United Wa State Army (UWSA) commander Bao Youxiang plead and urged the leaders of 12 ethnic armed groups attending a conference at the...
American scholar: A long and winding road for Burma
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To Zoltan Barany, professor at the University of Texas, who has focused his research and writing on military politics, the transition to democracy from...
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As United Wa State Army (UWSA) held conference, co-hosted by Mong La and Kachin Independence Army (KIA), scheduled to start from 1 to 3...