The interview with Jason Eligh is very illuminating and opens the door for comment in rebuttal to his position.

His position is predisposed that there is a Union of Myanamar and a central government.

By: Sai Wansai
Wednesday, 27 February 2013

President Thein Sein on Tuesday, February 26, met Norway's prime minister as he kicked off a 10-day visit to Europe aimed at forging stronger ties between Burma and the West. He will be visiting Finland, Austria, Belgium and Italy before returning home on March 8.

By: Sai Wansai
Thursday, 21 February 2013

Ultimately, talking is better than shooting at each other. But the Burmese double-track approach must be seen a "good-cop, bad-cop" tactical move and cannot totally be seen as sincere undertakings, leading to a "win-win" situation.

By Lian Uk

We, the non Burman ethnic people do need now to rewrite or amend the constitution of the Union of Burma (UB) 2008. But we need to amend or rewrite it only if we can have some kind of Accord with the ruling government of USDP outside the Parliament.

By: Sai Wansai
Saturday, 16 February 2013

What U Kyaw Zan Tha called "civic nationalism" could also be understood as citizenship derived from common identity.

In the case of Burma, acceptance or adherence of a common identity is only possible, if it is created with the consent of all ethnic groups residing within the boundary of a political entity. But this has not been the case in Burma.

MYANMAR PEACE PROCESS

The current Myanmar Peace Process is both quite unprecedented and spectacular. Thirteen ceasefire agreements were signed within a period of a year – a remarkable achievement. It is also the first time in fifty years that any Government of Myanmar has seriously attempted to resolve the ethnic problem that has plagued the nation since independence in 1948.

I am a Tai/Shan, citizen of the United Kingdom. I represent the voice of the Tai/Shan communities and have been campaigning on their behalf for decades.  I am not a politician but over the fifty years, by following the dire political situation of the Shan and other ethnic groups I have learned a lot about politics and human psychology. I am making a special request to you, as leader of Her Majesty's Government to offer to mediate in the peace process of Burma between the Burmese dictatorial government and the non-Burman nationalities.

Thursday, 07 February 2013
By: Sai Wansai

On this occasion of Shan National Day, it is essential to take stock again on where we stand as a nation, after the voluntary agreed participation in the Union of Burma in 1948. But let us go back a bit into some hard historical facts, so that the younger generation be adequately informed and the assessment of our situation clearer.