{"id":469,"date":"2021-01-21T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/wordpress\/?p=469"},"modified":"2021-01-21T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:02:58","slug":"roundtable-deadlocks-in-burmas-politics-ethnic-regions-central-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/ICBMS3\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"Roundtable: Deadlocks in Burma&#8217;s Politics &#8211; Ethnic Regions &#038; Central Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-2021-01-19-115231-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/ICBMS3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-2021-01-19-115231-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/ICBMS3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-2021-01-19-115231-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/ICBMS3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-2021-01-19-115231-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/ICBMS3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-2021-01-19-115231-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/ICBMS3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-2021-01-19-115231-2048x1310.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: archive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This roundtable examines Myanmar\u2019s 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 the<br>following aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 International law instruments and the constitution<br>\u2022 The deadlocked peace and the promotion of federalism<br>\u2022 Academic\/media freedoms, civil liberties, and ethnic equality<br>\u2022 Health security, humanitarian assistance and lifelines of the IDPs\/refugees<br>\u2022 Prevention of conflict, the resource curse, and human trafficking<br>\u2022 Social livelihood, the limits of development and impact of conflict in borderlands<br>\u2022 The destructive potential of extremism and political instability<br>\u2022 Ethnic atrocities, subsequent grievances and human insecurity<br>\u2022 State-centric approaches protecting states and delegitimizing \u2018non-state\u2019 actors in the face of state violence<br>\u2022 The impact of geopolitics on the national political landscape and democratic consolidation<br>\u2022 Transition from a top-down system without a civil society to a bottom-up system with civil society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burmaconference.com\/wordpress\/abstracts\/accepted-roundtable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to read the full roundtable summary plus list of invited participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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