After the Ceasefire: Renewed Clashes Loom in Myanmar – Issue 182

In Myanmar, ceasefires are seen not as steps toward peace, but merely as time-buying strategies for more intense military conflicts to come. For the military junta, they are merely attempts to secure a ceasefire with one armed group while exerting military pressure on other forces, making it difficult to view these ceasefires as genuine moves toward peace.

This week’s BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s Bi-Weekly News Review examines the reasons behind the ceasefires between the Myanmar’s military junta and two Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs) mediated by the Chinese government, findings and the subsequent conflict developments.

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