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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...
The peace process: 1878 history needs no repetition
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IN 1878, Burma’s last most popular and revered King Mindon passed away at the age of 70. He had 62 consorts that had borne...
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Geopolitics: The art of choosing between the bear and the bee Until they heard me babbling about Mackinder and Spykman’s famous dictums (shortened here by...
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During the last days of 2014, 27-31 December, SHAN president-founder and Pyidaungsu Institute (PI) for Peace and Dialogue’s managing director was in Loi Taileng,...
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Today, 7 January 2015, marks the 19th anniversary of the surrender of Khun Sa and his once mighty Mong Tai Army (MTA) in 1996. At...
BURMA: 2014 Ends, But Old Problematic Issues Linger On
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As 2014 comes to an end, all the woes and burdens that have been there from the previous year continue to exist and haunt...