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Building Critical Mass for Peace in Myanmar

  • July 1, 2017
  • ISP Admin
Executive Summary Myanmar’s latest peace conference, held on 24-29 May 2017, made welcome progress Following a deal brokered by China on the eve of the meeting, more armed groups came to Naypyitaw than expected On the final day, they agreed on 37 “principles” for a future peace accord, including a key provision that the state Read more...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Wishful Peace

  • June 26, 2017
  • ISP Admin
YANGON — Early this month, just days after a round of major talks in the capital, Naypyidaw, fighting broke out between the armed forces and the ethnic Kachin Independence Army in the northern state of Kachin Ahead of a clearing operation, the Myanmar military airdropped pamphlets ordering residents of Tanai township to leave and warned Read more...