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To Hopeland and Back: Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD), Continued

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

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)

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

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....

BURMA AFTER POLITICAL TSUNAMI: Tactical voting, ethnic political parties, armed organizations and peaceful co-existence

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

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

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

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

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

Myanmar is heading to the polls in November 2015, with an expected shift in power from the old elite to the opposition National League...

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