January 2017
THINK PIECE: Negotiation, Total Annihilation and International Community
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | January 27, 2017 Why is it so hard for the Tatmadaw to accept all-inclusive participation of all the ethnic armies that have been its adversaries [...]
War in Ethnic States: Is the Tatmadaw Waging a Just War?
By: Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | January 18, 2017 Lately, the military bloc’s supporter, obviously made up of Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) members, former and active soldiers in civil and [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Disgrace
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | January 14, 2017 There is an idea, widespread in some quarters, that criticizing Aung San Suu Kyi helps the military dictatorship - that it plays into the generals' hands. [...]
On Kachin State Day, Activists Ask Govt to Take Larger Strides for Peace
By Lun Min Man / Myanmar Times | January 11, 2017 As armed conflicts continue to rage close by, 5000 participants turned out to mark the 69th anniversary of Kachin State Day in Myitkyina yesterday [...]
THE FORCED-COALITION THAT DOESN’T WORK: The Case of NLD-Military Administration
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 11, 2017 People are generally at a lost on why the National League for Democracy (NLD) party that won the 2015 nationwide election on a landslide [...]
Second Panglong Meet Looks Set to be a Lonely Affair
By Sam Aung Moon / Myanmar Times | January 11, 2017 With the government showing little sign of backtracking on the stipulation that only ceasefire signatories can attend the upcoming second Panglong meeting, it looks likely that one-third of [...]
PEACE PROCESS OUTLOOK: Stakeholders’ Views Don’t Look Promising for the Country
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 7, 2017 As 2017 begins, speculation and assessment on which way Burma’s political wind might be blowing becomes an important task to determine for stakeholders and [...]
Will 2017 be the Promised Year of Peace?
By Ei Ei Toe Lwin / Myanmar Times | January 6, 2017 Fighting in the north and the west and a widespread acknowledgement of deep-seated military and economic difficulties are clouding hopes that 2017 will be [...]
Pessimism Rules as Commander-in-Chief Aired His Hard-Line Stance on Ethnic Armies
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 2, 2017 This year Aung San Suu Kyi’s close aide and trusted friend Htin Kyaw, whom she has installed as the President, took [...]
December 2016
Time for a Rethink on Policy Towards Burma’s Military
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | December 16, 2016 Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military’, calling for a debate on new ways to influence [...]