Available exclusively from ISEAS for distribution in Asia. Policy Studies series publication on Southeast Asia, co-published by the East-West Center and ISEAS. In an overview of humanitarian and international dilemmas, the study concludes that conflict resolution - with integrated support from the international community - remains a primary need if Burma and its peoples are to achieve peace, democracy, and a stable nation-state. As the political impasse continues, ethnic ceasefires and open-door economic policies are changing the structures of conflict. Ne Win‘s “Burmese Way to Socialism” to the current military State Peace and Development Council. ![]() ![]() This study identifies five major cycles of conflict that have seen the national government transform from a parliamentary democracy at independence through Gen. Burma‘s conflicts, however, have not been static. A rare- events logit model with corrections for. In the process, armed opposition became a way of life in the borderlands, while the central state became increasingly militarized. The effects of domestic strife on the likelihood of an international conflict are tested empirically. Against a backdrop of conflict, different nationality movements have been able to adapt and survive, utilizing the changing political, economic, and international conditions in the country. This study examines the dynamics of conflict that have caused internal wars to become so uniquely entrenched in one of Asia‘s most troubled lands. ![]() Since independence in 1948, Burma has been the scene of some of the most-sustained and diverse ethnic insurgencies in the contemporary world.
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