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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...
GENUINE PEACE: The Wish of Ethnic Nationalities from November Elections Outcome
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On the eve of the 8 November election, roughly about four to six scenario focus has been making the rounds. On 6 November, Myanmar Now...
Panghsang Summit Meeting, Joint Monitoring Committee and Military Offensives
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As the 11 non-signatory ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) met in Panghsang, also known as Pangkham, the United Wa State Army's (UWSA) capital, from 1...
To Hopeland and Back: The Signing of the NCA
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Since I wrote my last To Hopeland and Back journal, I’ve been in and out of Hopeland a couple of times, between Chiang Mai...
Tatmadaw’s offensives might derail peace process and disrupt elections
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The quasi civilian regime of Thein Sein might have wanted it to look like isolated, accidental clashes between the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State...
