Peace studies in Myanmar: interweaving regional geopolitics and local dynamics

This article surveys the trajectory of peace and conflict studies in Myanmar—from its early focus on civil war and insurgency, to state institutions and ethnic armed actors, and later broadening into relational and networked approaches covering formal peace processes, regional geopolitics, conflict...

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Main Author: Ong, Andrew
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1692812023-07-16T15:30:24Z Peace studies in Myanmar: interweaving regional geopolitics and local dynamics Ong, Andrew School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science Peace Studies Conflict Studies This article surveys the trajectory of peace and conflict studies in Myanmar—from its early focus on civil war and insurgency, to state institutions and ethnic armed actors, and later broadening into relational and networked approaches covering formal peace processes, regional geopolitics, conflict economies, and everyday peacebuilding. It suggests that the widening of peace and conflict studies was brought about by the opening of the country from the early 2010s, which both granted scholars and researchers more access to the country and introduced new foreign specialists, discourses, and developmental actors into the political sphere. The peace agenda and directions of peace studies have been upended by the military coup of 2021; how reconciliation, justice, and federal democratic reform will look like in the future remains to be seen. Published version 2023-07-11T04:28:27Z 2023-07-11T04:28:27Z 2023 Journal Article Ong, A. (2023). Peace studies in Myanmar: interweaving regional geopolitics and local dynamics. Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, 11(1), 119-144. https://dx.doi.org/10.18588/202305.00a339 2288-2693 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169281 10.18588/202305.00a339 2-s2.0-85161339474 1 11 119 144 en Asian Journal of Peacebuilding © 2023 The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Asian Journal of Peacebuilding and is made available with permission of The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University. application/pdf
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Peace Studies
Conflict Studies
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Peace Studies
Conflict Studies
Ong, Andrew
Peace studies in Myanmar: interweaving regional geopolitics and local dynamics
description This article surveys the trajectory of peace and conflict studies in Myanmar—from its early focus on civil war and insurgency, to state institutions and ethnic armed actors, and later broadening into relational and networked approaches covering formal peace processes, regional geopolitics, conflict economies, and everyday peacebuilding. It suggests that the widening of peace and conflict studies was brought about by the opening of the country from the early 2010s, which both granted scholars and researchers more access to the country and introduced new foreign specialists, discourses, and developmental actors into the political sphere. The peace agenda and directions of peace studies have been upended by the military coup of 2021; how reconciliation, justice, and federal democratic reform will look like in the future remains to be seen.
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title_full Peace studies in Myanmar: interweaving regional geopolitics and local dynamics
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