Roundtable: Deadlocks in Burma’s Politics – Ethnic Regions & Central Myanmar
Photo: archive This roundtable will be held in two sessions, coordinated by Chosein Yamahata from the Graduate School of Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University, and Catherine Renshaw from Western Sydney University, Australia. This roundtable examines Myanmar’s major deadlocks by analyzing the root causes of ethnic conflicts in different parts of the country, other pressing activities/changes in the areas of major ethnic groups, and the marginalization of non-Buddhist ethnic communities from thefollowing aspects. • International law instruments and the constitution• The deadlocked peace and the promotion of federalism• Academic/media freedoms, civil liberties, and ethnic equality• Health security, humanitarian assistance and lifelines...
