Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar
Friday, September 9th, 2022
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 9, 2022 | 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Boardroom and Library, The event took place in a hybrid format with the virtual component on Zoom and in-person component in the boardroom, Munk School, 315 Bloor St. W., Toronto. |
Description
This event was a book launch for Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (Cornell University Press, 2022) co-authored by Jacques Bertrand, Alexandre Pelletier, and Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung.
Winning by Process asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011 to 2021 despite a liberalizing regime, a national ceasefire agreement, and a multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities.
Winning by Process argues that stalled conflicts are more than pauses or stalemates. "Winning by process," as opposed to winning by war or agreement, represents the state’s ability to gain advantage by manipulating the rules of negotiation, bargaining process, and sites of power and resources. In Myanmar, five such strategies allowed the state to gain through process: locking in, sequencing, layering, outflanking, and outgunning. The Myanmar case shows how process can shift the balance of power in negotiations intended to bring an end to civil war. During the last decade, the Myanmar state and military controlled the process, neutralized ethnic minority groups, and continued to impose their vision of a centralized state even as they appeared to support federalism.
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