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International community must support non‐military solutions in northern Myanmar
TNIFollowing new eruptions of violence in northern Myanmar, civil society organizations have issued a statement calling for urgent international engagement and dialogue to support non-military...
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The Agrarian Roots of Violent Conflict
Jun Borras Sietze Vellema, Fransisco Lara Conflict in Southern Philippines is caused as much by agrarian economics and politics as ethnic and religious differences.read more
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Civil Society Gaining Ground
Opportunities for Change and Development in Burma Tom KramerLocal organisations have adopted different strategies towards the authoritarian government in Burma. Focussing on the dynamics of civil...
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An Excess of Democracy
Hilary WainwrightThe philosophy and experience of radical movements in the 1960s and 70s are in several ways complementary to the ideas of the direct action movements of today. Hilary Wainwright...
View ArticleThe Reassertion of Race, Space and (Punishment’s) Place in Urban Sociology...
LocationSheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina 1380 Harbor Island Drive San Diego92010United StatesPhone:1-619-291-290032° 43' 37.2288" N, 117° 11' 48.228" WSee map: Google Maps A Panel Symposium on...
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Nu begint het moeilijke werk
Subtitle: Tom Kramer warns 'not all is well after Burmese elections' (Dutch) Authors External author(s): Minka Nijhuis De oppositie in Burma behaalde op 1 april een klinkende verkiezingsoverwinning....
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Assessing Burma/Myanmar’s New Government
Challenges and Opportunities for European Policy Responses Burma is in the midst of its most important period of political transition in over two decades. TNI and BCN hosted a conference to look at...
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Fighting Maoists
Praful BidwaiThe killing of 20 civilian men, women and children by Indian military police is morally impermissible and a political triumph for the Maoist argument that the Indian state is structurally...
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Beyond the Triangle of Emancipation
Tupac’s Hip Hop Theory of Criminal (In)justice, the Pope’s Playlist, and the Prophetic Imagination Tom ReiferIn 2009, the song Changes, by Tupac Amaru Shakur, was put on the Pope’s playlist. What is...
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Ethnic Peace and Political Participation
Prospects for Ethnic Peace and Political Participation in Burma/Myanmar Ceasefires have been agreed; the NLD has elected representatives in the national legislatures; Western sanctions are being...
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Burma’s peace process still fragile
Subtitle: Leading NGO warns Burma’s peace process still fragile, despite signs of change Authors External author(s): Karen News Positive political changes in Burma – including the release of 1,500...
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Something rotten in the ANC state
Hilary WainwrightThe palaces of President Zuma and the massacre of miners at Marikana symbolise how the gulf between rich and poor has grown in the 18 years since the African National Congress came to...
View ArticleEthnic minority land rights next hurdle for Myanmar peace
The general public and Myanmar’s mainstream media have little awareness of ethnic concerns, said Yangon-based Tom Kramer from the Transnational Institute (TNI).read more
View ArticleKachin conflict puts Myanmar reforms to the test
Struggle in resource-rich state weighs in on new political system. The Kachin conflict is a unique test case, says Tom Kramer, a Myanmar-based analyst with the Transnational Institute.read more
View ArticleCeasefires facilitating land grabs: Think tank
A briefing paper jointly published earlier this month by the Netherlands-based think tank groups has asserted that new ceasefires that have been signed since 2011 have further facilitated land grabbing...
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Sharon is dead, but Sharonism lives on
Phyllis BennisThe Butcher of Beirut, as he was long known, is no more. After eight years in a coma, during which the militaristic hard-right leader was re-branded a peacenik, Israeli General Ariel...
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Ethnicity without Meaning, Data without Context
The 2014 Census, Identity and Citizenship in Burma/Myanmar The 2014 Population and Housing Census is likely to undertake the most significant ethnic and political boundary-making in Burma/Myanmar...
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Authors External author(s): Thin Lei Win Human rights groups are concerned that Myanmar’s first census in 30 years will inflame ethnic tensions, further marginalise ethnic groups and be used as a tool...
View ArticleHopes Were High for Burma But Is the Honeymoon Over?
Authors External author(s): Thin Lei Win Three years ago, a quasi-civilian government took office in Burma, shedding the country’s pariah image and introducing democratic reforms that have won...
View ArticleBurma mobs put census in doubt as western aid workers flee violence
Authors External author(s): Kathleen E. McLaughlin Angry Buddhist protesters rampage through streets as country's first census for 30 years opens up ethnic tensionsread more
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