I was in Burma/Myanmar, 8-12 April, the first time there for a very personal reason: reunion with my relatives, far and near, known and...

A lot of people were quite astonished at the speedy undertakings of Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy (NLD) Chairwoman, for...

Day Four. Saturday, 1 April 2016 Preventing war is the work of the politicians. Establishing peace is the work of educationists. Maria Montessori (1870-1952), Italian physician and...

While the first move of Aung San Suu Kyi has been to form a national reconciliation government, followed by restructuring, streamlining and planning so...

Learning to share: Conference on  insider peace builders Day Three. Thursday, 31 March 2016 Peacemaking involves stopping an ongoing conflict, whereas peacebuilding happens before a conflict...

Learning to share: Conference on insider peace builders Day Two. Wednesday, 30 March 2016 Peacebuilding is an intervention that is designed to prevent the start or...

Peacemaking is about peaceful, diplomatic and judicial means of resolving disputes. From Chapter 6 of UN Charter, insightonconflict.org From 29 March -1 April, I was in...

Hardly has the historic power transfer from quasi-civilian, military dominated regime of Thein Sein to National League for Democracy (NLD)-led civilian majority government settled...

Day Three. Saturday, 26 March 2016 We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn’t it time that we should take risks to secure...

Day Two. Friday, 25 March 2016 Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: Avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If these enemies were to be...