To Hopeland and Back: Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD), Continued
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Day Four, Tuesday, 17 November 2015
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F....
Aung San Suu Kyi, the President, Commander-in-Chief and war in ethnic states
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As the dust settled and the elections' end result made known, the government in waiting and the people at large are again burdened with...
To Hopeland and Back: Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD)
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This trip took me 12 days, from November 14-25, 2015. The purpose was to attend the Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) which would ratify...
Doubtful political transition, ongoing internal conflict and incomprehensible peace process
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Three crucial topics have been dominating Burma's political arena, since the National League for Democracy (NLD) won with a landslide in the nationwide elections....
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Burma's political landscape will not be the same any more, after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory,...
To Hopeland and Back: Comparative Peace Processes
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Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flak from both sides.
(Unofficial UN motto, Robert Asporin)
Today, I attend 3 meetings: U Tin...
To Hopeland and Back: Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee Meets, Continued
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From 29-31 October, the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC) members from both sides met at the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) on Shweli Lane off...
Resolving constitutional crisis top priority for incoming NLD regime
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According to the Union Election Commission (UEC) elections' outcome announcement, starting on the 9 November, coming out intermittently, which should take for about a...
To Hopeland and Back: Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee Meets
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From 29-31 October, the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC) members from both sides met at the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) on Shweli Lane off...
Ethnic Politics and the 2015 Elections in Myanmar
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Myanmar is heading to the polls in November 2015, with an expected shift in power from the old elite to the opposition National League...





