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    Why peace and land security is key to Burma's democratic future
    May 2012
    Tom Kramer

    Analysis of the social costs of large-scale Chinese-supported rubber farms in northern Burma suggests that the future for ordinary citizens will be affected as much by the country's chosen economic path as the political reforms underway. 

    Assessing Burma/Myanmar’s New Government
    April 2012

    Burma is in the midst of its most important period of political transition in over two decades. TNI and BCN hosted a conference to look at the challenges and opportunities in five key areas: politics, ethnic relations, the economy, social and humanitarian affairs, and the...

    Burma Policy Briefings
    Tackle Burma's Drugs Problem
    April 2012
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    Policy priorities should focus on how best to manage and reduce the many health and social harms associated with the reality of a persistent and ever changing drugs market. 

    Financing Dispossession
    February 2012
    Tom Kramer
     Kevin Woods

    China’s opium crop substitution programme has very little to do with providing mechanisms to decrease reliance on poppy cultivation or provide alternative livelihoods for ex-poppy growers. Financing dispossession is not development.

    Drugs&Democracy - Transnational Institute
    Ending Burma’s Conflict Cycle?
    February 2012

    Peace does not just involve the government and ethnic armed opposition groups, but involves all of Burma's citizens.

    TNI-BCN Burma Policy Briefing No. 8. February 2012
    Civil Society Gaining Ground
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    November 2011
    Tom Kramer

    Local organisations have adopted different strategies towards the authoritarian government in Burma. Focussing on the dynamics of civil society Tom Kramer looks into the possibilities and risks of growing international interest in engagement with these groups.

    Conflict or Peace? Ethnic Unrest Intensifies in Burma
    June 2011

    The breakdown in the ceasefire of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) with the central government represents a major failure in national politics and threatens to escalate to serious humanitarian crisis if not immediately addressed.

    International community must support non‐military solutions in northern Myanmar
    June 2011
    TNI

    Following new eruptions of violence in northern Myanmar, civil society organizations have issued a statement calling for urgent international engagement and dialogue to support non-military solutions. 

    Burma's Longest War: Anatomy of the Karen Conflict
    March 2011
    Ashley South

    As Burma enters a period of political transition, the role of the Karen ethnic communities will be critical in responding to the political and economic challenges that will shape their future. An in-depth history and analysis of the Karen's complex relationship with the Burmese state and central...

    Ethnic Politics in Burma: The Time for Solutions
    February 2011

    Following the shake-up of Burmese politics last year, the country's military leaders now face the challenge of introducing a new system while ethnic tensions and exclusions remain.

    TNI-BCN Burma Policy Briefing Nr 5, February 2011
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