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Peace talks have opened in Myanmar and government leaders are meeting with eight ethnic armed groups to end six-decades of conflict. Some rebel groups refused to attend the talks, or sign a ceasefire agreement with the outgoing government. China's ...
The fact these votes were cast and counted was a sign of progress in Myanmar, but it does not mean that all is well in parts of the country that have endured warlike conditions for much of the last six decades.
The sanctions were premised on the demand that “the N.L.D. be given its rightful place in government, and that's happening now,” said Ms. Clapp, now a senior adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Asia Society. “The U.S. government needs to ...
This time, the military and the ruling USDP were “pretty realistic” about their election prospects, said Priscilla Clapp, a former U.S. diplomat in Burma and now a senior adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace. But they decided that they “can manage it ...
The NLD “can't govern on its own, but it can govern in partnership with the military,” said Priscilla Clapp, a former U.S. diplomat in Burma and a senior adviser to the Washington-based U.S. Institute of Peace. Besides reserving a quarter of ...
"An international response that consists primarily of assigning blame for this humanitarian tragedy is no longer tenable. It is time for the international community to organize a realistic, workable solution."—senior advisor at the United States ...