Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 02:00
Paper No. 6404 Dated 8-Aug-2018
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan
In the first week of July, Myanmar formally announced that China and Myanmar have agreed to a 15-point Memorandum of Understanding on building a China-Myanmar Economic Corridor as part of the Belt Road Initiative. Formal signing of the agreement is expected to take place soon.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 07/23/2018 - 15:19
Paper No. 6399 Dated . 23-July-2018
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan
After four postponements, the third Panglong Peace Conference finally took off on 11th June at Naypidaw with over 700 delegates attending the Conference.
Besides those who signed the National Peace Agreement, ethnic armed organisations that had not signed the agreement also joined the conference at the invitation of the government.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:39
Paper No. 6392 . Dated 26-June-2018
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan.
It is noticed that the UN and some Western Countries are putting undue pressure on the civilian leadership in Myanmar thus straining the delicate and cautious relationship between the civilian government led by Suu Kyi and the Tatmadaw (the Army). The problem relates to the events in Rakhine State and the exodus of nearly six to seven hundred thousand Rohingyas to Bangladesh.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 06/11/2018 - 12:07
Paper No. 6389 Dated 11-June-2018
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan’
On 29th May, in response to a question from the Irrawaddy’s Representative, the Permanent Secretary of the Defence Ministry, Brigadier General Aung Kyaw dropped a bomb shell that the Tatmadaw (the Army) is ready to obey if President U Win Myint orders a stop to the ongoing military operations in Kachin State in line with the law.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 06/03/2018 - 06:58
Paper No. 6384 Dated 3-June-2018
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan
On 1st June, Myanmar announced that it had agreed to take steps to create conditions for the safe return of the Rohingya refugees. The agreement calls for a framework of cooperation that will lead to “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” repatriation of Rohingya refugees to their place of origin or of their choosing.
The Agreement:
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 14:54
Paper No. 6380 Dated 23-May-2018
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:01
Paper No. 6372 Dated 27-Apr-2018
Colonel R Hariharan
[This is an up-dated version of the paper presented by the author at an international seminar on “Borders in South Asia: States, Communities and People” organized by Pondicherry University School of Social Sciences & International Studies UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation & Centre for South Asian Studies at Pondicherry on February 1 and 2, 2018]
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