Burma/ Myanmar

Challenges of a Ceasefire Accord in Karen State

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ID8097076
AutoresPaul Core (Friedensau Adventist University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen28
Número3
Páginas95-105
Fecha de publicación2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1868-1034 • E-ISSN: 1868-4882
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/186810340902800304
OpenAlexW2768261794
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas4

Burma (Myanmar) has seen some of the longest-running insurgencies in the world, which have had a devastating effect on local populations and the country as a whole. While the Karen National Union (KNU), which has fought successive Burmese governments since 1949, is in a critical phase of its life, the KNU/KNLA Peace Council (KPC) is experiencing life under a ceasefire accord with the Burmese government, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). Major challenges have occurred since the ceasefire and future developments are uncertain. Like all ceasefire groups in the country, the KPC has come under immense pressure to follow the government's “seven-step road map” to democracy, compete in the 2010 elections, and transform its troops into a border guard force under the control of the Burmese military or face disarmament. This article seeks to provide some insights into a ceasefire group, to analyse the failures and successes of the ceasefire accord, and to outline future challenges to the country

Burmese · Democracy · Development economics · Disarmament · Economics · Government (linguistics · Guard (computer science · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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