INTERIM SOLUTION: From Comprehensive Single Text Negotiation to Peace Pledge Agreement?
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Recently, two “interim solution” proposals, which is also known as interim arrangement, compromise solution, intermediate solution and temporary solution, but coined in German as...
To Hopeland and Back (XI) – Day 3
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Day Three. Friday, 30 January 2015 The first thing I notice as we enter the meeting hall is the set of flags lined up along...
To Hopeland and Back (XI) – D2
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Day Two. Thursday, 29 January 2015 At 08:00, we are escorted by two expert drivers of U Lao Sang to Mongla. The Pajero truck I'm...
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Day One. Wednesday, 28 January 2015 This time we are descending upon Mongla, 158 miles (252.8 km) from the Thai border. This trip takes place 2...
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The term “terrorism” is so common now that it has lost its precise meaning. It is applied to all manner of things, such as...
UNFC UNION DAY STATEMENT: The ball is now in Thein Sein’s court
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It is timely and appropriate that United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) comes up with a statement, on 29 January, to respond to President Thein...
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Once again, a new ad hoc meeting between the President and the Ethnic Armed Groups (EAOs), supposed to be held on Union Day, the...
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As President Thein Sein hopes to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) on 12 February, Union Day, Commander-in...
BURMA PEACE PROCESS: Will Thein Sein’s Targeted NCA Signing Ceremony On Union Day Materialize?
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President Thein Sein's proposal, or rather his ad hoc lobbying, regarding the signing of National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 12 January, Monday, to be...
KNU: Asset or liability for the resistance?
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Out of Burma’s 16 armed resistance movements recognized officially by the government, the Karen National Union (KNU) is the only movement that can boast...