Analysis

Police stands guard near the military transport helicopter at Maungdaw township in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 27 September 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 6, 2017
It is commonly reported that the ‘international community’ is outraged by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Indeed, Myanmar’s handling...
October 9, 2017
Conflicts surrounding racial and cultural identity have been present in Myanmar (Burma) for the seventy years of the country’s post independent...
The new book Tracking the Transition covers an important juncture in Myanmar's drive for peace - Soldiers of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Myanmar's northern Shan State. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
August 21, 2017
‘Tracking the Transition,’ a book by writer Sai Wansai published by Mizzima Media Group, has just been released. It is examines a crucial juncture in...
August 15, 2017
Again, the official sixth meeting between the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Dialogue (DPN) and the...
(L-R first row) Thu Wai, Chairman Democratic Party, Lt-general Tin Maung Win, Tin Myo Win Chairman of Peace Commission, KNU vice chairman Saw kawl Htoo win and Lower house parliament member Htun Htun Hain sign during the Union Accord signing during the closing ceremony of the second session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 29 May 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
August 1, 2017
The second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference ended with the revival of the word ‘secession’ a word that people have long been...
July 12, 2017
Sai Wansai —Just as the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has been stuck in a dilemma on its choice to be either with the United Nationalities...
July 3, 2017
Concerned Burma watchers and people involved in the country’s peace process eyes are trained on the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) two...
June 17, 2017
Anyone working for social justice in Burma should be disappointed by the mainstream media’s coverage of Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Canada last week...
March 28, 2017
For weeks, since the Panghsang or Pangkham meeting of seven, non-signatory of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs...
March 17, 2017
The first thing I would like to say is my sincere thanks to Ms Yun Sun for writing this report. She certainly knows more than us (that means me)...
July 14, 2016
The three participants in the 1947 Panglong conference were all among the last to rebel, staying loyal to the government and even fighting other...
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burma’s State Counselor and the leader of the ruling party the National League for Democracy (NLD).
June 27, 2016
A new civilian government headed by the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Htin Kyaw, took office in March...