To Switzerland and back (Day-6)
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Day 6: Wednesday, 20 January 2016 Decentralization pulls diverse peoples together. On the contrary, centralization only serves to push them apart. Sao Yawd Serk, Chairman,...
Taming ethnic upsurge and resolving conflict need viable comprehensive concept
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The Pyithu Hlutaw, lower house, started on 1 February and the Aung San Suu Kyi-led NLD took over the reins from the military-backed Union...
To Switzerland and back (Day 5)
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Day Five. Tuesday, 19 January 2016 Small is beautiful. Leopold Kohr, quoted by E.F. Schumacher, who uses it as the title of his book, ranked among...
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Day 4- Monday, 18 January 2016 A country may be as small not just as a plum, but even as a grain of sesame. However,...
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Day 3: Sunday, 17 January 2016 When states had been allowed to set up, it was not because we thought it was a good idea....
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Day Two. Saturday, 16 January 2016
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I’d figured out
I have to learn again
(Don Henley)
Murten, where...
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Day One. Wednesday, 15 January 2016
Every deck of cards needs a joker.
I’m that.
(Anonymous)
I don’t want to go. But I want to go. There are good...
Debacle of selecting house speakers leads to doubtful NLD’s ethnic reconciliation policy
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National League for Democracy (NLD) issued a directive on 22 January that Aung San Suu Kyi would be the only one who is allowed...
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To keep up with the timeline of 90 days and start the political dialogue, Union Peace Conference took place from 12 to 16 January,...
UPDJC: The political wing of the NCA
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The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) has authorized the Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) to oversee its execution by two bodies: one, the Joint Ceasefire...
