Promises of Political Dialogue: Changes in Myanmar's Ceasefire Process - President Thein Sein and the Border Guard Forces (BGF), Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with Tatmadaw National Military

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Southeast Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9780463683811
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: July 8, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9780463683811
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: July 8, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This important December 2017 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.

Myanmar's central government has wrestled with ethnically linked violence and separatism since its independence in 1948. Bilateral ceasefire efforts in the late 1980s and early 1990s achieved partial success, as many ethnic minority groups agreed to the ceasefires. The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) process from 2011-2015 aimed to complete the task. This thesis explores why some groups signed the NCA and some refused. The comparative analysis of the two ceasefire processes, focusing on the Kachin and Karen minority groups, shows that the marked political shift in 2011 with President Thein Sein's administration affected ethnic minority groups' decisions of whether to sign the accord. Due to the built-up mistrust of the military government from broken ceasefire promises of economic development and political dialogue, along with a renewal of conflict, ethnic groups that had participated in the earlier ceasefire process tended to abstain from the NCA. Conversely, as the non-bilateral ceasefire groups had not amassed any additional resentment toward the government, they bought into the innovative NCA process, which promised future political dialogue toward a federal union. For the ceasefire negotiation process to succeed, Myanmar's government will need to cease the violence and obtain the trust of the remaining non-ceasefire groups to persuade them to sign the NCA.

I. INTRODUCTION * A. MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTION * B. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH QUESTION * C. LITERATURE REVIEW * D. HYPOTHESES * E. RESEARCH DESIGN * F. THESIS OVERVIEW * II. BILATERAL CEASEFIRE PROCESS (1989-1995) * A. POLITICAL-ECONOMIC CONTEXT PRIOR TO THE BILATERAL CEASEFIRES * 1. Ethnic Conflict Post-Independence * 2. Ne Win Regime * 3. Geopolitical Factors Leading into Bilateral Ceasefires * B. BILATERAL CEASEFIRES: CONTENT AND STRATEGY * C. ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP REACTIONS * 1. Accepting the Bilateral Ceasefires * 2. Rejecting the Bilateral Ceasefires * D. CHAPTER SUMMARY * III. NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE PROCESS (2011-2015) * A. FACTORS LEADING TO OPPOSING THE NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT * 1. Broken Promises * 2. Unexpected Ultimatum * 3. Devolving into Violence * B. FACTORS LEADING TO SIGNING THE NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT * 1. Political Ideology * 2. Nationwide Ceasefire Framework and Process * C. RESPONSES OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS * 1. Bilateral Ceasefire Groups * 2. Non-Bilateral Ceasefire Groups * D. CHAPTER SUMMARY * IV. CONCLUSION * A. CEASEFIRE DYNAMICS DURING POLITICAL INFLECTION POINTS * B. CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE PROCESS * C. IMPLICATIONS OF THE CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS

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This important December 2017 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.

Myanmar's central government has wrestled with ethnically linked violence and separatism since its independence in 1948. Bilateral ceasefire efforts in the late 1980s and early 1990s achieved partial success, as many ethnic minority groups agreed to the ceasefires. The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) process from 2011-2015 aimed to complete the task. This thesis explores why some groups signed the NCA and some refused. The comparative analysis of the two ceasefire processes, focusing on the Kachin and Karen minority groups, shows that the marked political shift in 2011 with President Thein Sein's administration affected ethnic minority groups' decisions of whether to sign the accord. Due to the built-up mistrust of the military government from broken ceasefire promises of economic development and political dialogue, along with a renewal of conflict, ethnic groups that had participated in the earlier ceasefire process tended to abstain from the NCA. Conversely, as the non-bilateral ceasefire groups had not amassed any additional resentment toward the government, they bought into the innovative NCA process, which promised future political dialogue toward a federal union. For the ceasefire negotiation process to succeed, Myanmar's government will need to cease the violence and obtain the trust of the remaining non-ceasefire groups to persuade them to sign the NCA.

I. INTRODUCTION * A. MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTION * B. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH QUESTION * C. LITERATURE REVIEW * D. HYPOTHESES * E. RESEARCH DESIGN * F. THESIS OVERVIEW * II. BILATERAL CEASEFIRE PROCESS (1989-1995) * A. POLITICAL-ECONOMIC CONTEXT PRIOR TO THE BILATERAL CEASEFIRES * 1. Ethnic Conflict Post-Independence * 2. Ne Win Regime * 3. Geopolitical Factors Leading into Bilateral Ceasefires * B. BILATERAL CEASEFIRES: CONTENT AND STRATEGY * C. ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP REACTIONS * 1. Accepting the Bilateral Ceasefires * 2. Rejecting the Bilateral Ceasefires * D. CHAPTER SUMMARY * III. NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE PROCESS (2011-2015) * A. FACTORS LEADING TO OPPOSING THE NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT * 1. Broken Promises * 2. Unexpected Ultimatum * 3. Devolving into Violence * B. FACTORS LEADING TO SIGNING THE NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT * 1. Political Ideology * 2. Nationwide Ceasefire Framework and Process * C. RESPONSES OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS * 1. Bilateral Ceasefire Groups * 2. Non-Bilateral Ceasefire Groups * D. CHAPTER SUMMARY * IV. CONCLUSION * A. CEASEFIRE DYNAMICS DURING POLITICAL INFLECTION POINTS * B. CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE PROCESS * C. IMPLICATIONS OF THE CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS

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