1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated February 14, 2018Burmas Peace Process: Narrowing Opportunities in 2018Burma (Myanmar) has been riven by a low-grade civil war between government forces and various ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) since it became an independent sovereign state in 1948. In 201
2、6, State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), assumed power after a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, and soon after identified ending the long-standing conflict as one of their top priorities. However, escalated fighting between the Burmese
3、military, or Tatmadaw, and several of the EAOs, and an alleged “ethnic cleansing” in Rakhine State, have raised serious doubts about the prospects for peace. Although two EAOs, the Lahu Democratic Union and the New Mon State Army, signed a ceasefire agreement with the NLD-led government on February
4、13, 2018, several EAOs have lost trust in the peace process advocated by Aung San Suu Kyi and are preparing for intensified conflict in 2018. The 3rd session of the 21st Century Panglong Conferencean effort to forge a peace agreement between the government, the military, and EAOswhich was tentativel