Prisms on the Golden Pagoda: Perspectives on National Reconciliation in Myanmar

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Just as the prismatic effects of glass mosaics or mirrors produce the spectrums of colour that give Myanmar’s pagodas their glittering iridescence, Prisms on the Golden Pagoda offers a spectrum of views on the country’s national reconciliation process. Because many of Myanmar’s outlying ethnic groups straddle the country’s borders with neighbouring countries in South  and Southeast Asia and with China, the outcome of this process is crucial not only for the country’s current domestic liberalization but also for regional geopolitics.  The editor of this volume, Kyaw Yin Hlaing is a US-trained academic who currently serves as an advisor to Myanmar's President. He has assembled contributions from veteran activists such as the Shan leader U Shwe Ohn, the Chin politician Lian H. Sakhong, Widura Thakin Chit Maung, once leader of Burma's "Red Socialists", and Thamarr Taman, formerly a senior civil servant. Commentary by the editor, and by Robert H Taylor and British diplomat-turned activist Derek Tonkin, explains the context and significance of these materials. By showing how the national reconciliation effort has been viewed inside the country, the contributors provide an important insider’s perspective on Myanmar’s difficult legacies of violence and separatism.
 

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Political Impasse in Myanmar
17
Milestones in Efforts at Reconciliation in the
68
Building a Lasting Federal Union of Myanmar
84
What System Should
110
The Third Constitution of the Union of Myanmar
132
The Burmese Exile Community and the National
152
Reassessing the Economic Sanctions Imposed by
173
Burma at a Crossroad
202
The Unexpected Arrival of a New Political Era in
218
Appendices
232
Index
246
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Kyaw Yin Hlaing is Director of the Political Dialogue Program at the Myanmar Peace Center and the Center for Diversity and National Harmony, as well as Advisor to the President of Myanmar. He was formerly Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong and is one of the founding members of Myanmar Egress. 

 Thamarr Taman (1938–2010) served in various senior positions in the Myanmar army and government for more than three decades. In his retirement, he engaged in many charitable activities and published several scholarly articles. He passed away in 2010. 

U Shwe Ohn (1923–2010) was a veteran Shan political leader and lawyer. He entered politics at the tender age of 13 in 1936 and in his lifelong quest for democracy for Shan people, he played a key role in shaping Burma’s history and politics. As a participant of the Panglong Conference in 1947, he was known in Burma as one of the last living Panglong Conference-generation Shan leaders. He wrote several papers on ethnic politics in Myanmar and, notably, on the Union Principle. Unfortunately, he passed away 79 days before he was to witness and take part in yet another milestone in Burma’s history, the general election of 2010. But luckily for us, he left a valuable record of his firsthand experience in the quest for peace and democracy for Burma in his autobiography, Union Traveler. Chit 

Maung (Widura Thakin) (1915–2005) was a veteran nationalist and political leader who was involved in Myanmar politics for more than six decades. He was the author of several books (in Burmese) and articles on Myanmar politics. He passed away in 2005 at the age of 90. 

Derek Tonkin is a retired British diplomat and former ambassador to Thailand and Vietnam. He is the chairman of Network Myanmar, one of the organizations that has actively challenged the international community to rethink their stand on sanctions on Myanmar and promoting policies and practical issues that address the day-to-day needs of the people in Myanmar. 

 Lian H. Sakhong, research director of Euro-Burma Office, Brussels, is also the chairman of Chin National Council (CNC) and the vice-chairman of the Ethnic Nationalities Council (Union of Burma) (ENC). He has published several books, including In Search of Chin Identity: A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma (2003), and written numerous articles on Chin history, traditions and politics in Burma. In January 2007, he was awarded the Martin Luther King Prize in recognition of his lifelong dedication to the fight for human rights and democracy on behalf of ethnic minorities in Burma.

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