First Movers, Democratization and Unilateral Concessions: Overcoming Commitment Problems and Negotiating a “Nationwide Cease-Fire” in Myanmar

Bertrand, Jacques; Pelletier, Alexandre; Thawnghmung, Ardeth Maung

doi:10.1080/14799855.2018.1471466

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“…At the start of the process, EBO representatives introduced Aung Min to five EAGs on the Thai border. The parties met, and the first bilateral ceasefire of the Thein Sein administration was signed with the Karen National Union (KNU), one of the most influential EAGs, in January 2012 (Bertrand et al 2018).…”

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The Normative Agency of Regional Organizations and Non‐governmental Organizations in International Peace Mediation*

Pring

Federer

2020

Swiss Political Sci Review

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This article analyzes the increasingly prominent role of regional organizations (ROs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting norms in mediation processes. In particular, we seek to understand the processes by which RO and NGO mediators promote the inclusivity norm to negotiating parties and the outcomes that result. We employ the concepts of local agency and social practices in examining the normative agency of ROs and NGOs in promoting and redefining the inclusivity norm. Through illustrative case studies of peace processes in South Sudan and Myanmar, we argue that ROs' and NGOs' mediation practices reflect their claims to alternative resources of power, such as long-standing expertise and insider status in the context, and build congruence with strong local norms. We provide nuanced theoretical insights on RO and NGO mediators' claims to agency and provide empirical illustrations on how these claims contribute to constitutive changes to norms.

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Section: Framing and Grafting Inclusivity With The Au Prohibition Thrmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Normative Agency of Regional Organizations and Non‐governmental Organizations in International Peace Mediation*

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Federer

2020

Swiss Political Sci Review

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“…Brokering peace in the country was one of the Thein Sein administration's reform priorities and the conciliatory language of the "Call for Peace" made it clear that the government was "extending the olive branch" and was serious about talks. The Call for Peace text invited armed groups to negotiate a ceasefire without pre-conditions, specifically dropping the problematic requirement to integrate into the government's border guard force (Bertrand et al 2020).…”

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Chronicles of a Norm for Sale: Norm Entrepreneurship in the Myanmar NCA Negotiations

Palmiano Federer

2023

Twenty-First Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict

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This chapter provides granular empirical analysis on just how NGO mediators promoted inclusivity to the negotiating parties in Myanmar. Based on the my framework of assessing normative agency, I forward an empirical take on (1) how NGO mediators interpret the meaning of inclusivity based on their own self-conceptions and normative socializations and frame them to the negotiating parties; (2) how NGO mediators engage in a set of mediation and knowledge production practices to intentionally promote their interpretation of inclusivity to the parties; and (3) how the negotiating parties in the Myanmar NCA process interpreted and accepted the inclusivity norm.

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Facilitating Development: Evidence from a National-Level Experiment on Improving Bureaucratic Performance in Myanmar

Malesky¹,

Dulay²

2023

The Journal of Politics

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First Movers, Democratization and Unilateral Concessions: Overcoming Commitment Problems and Negotiating a “Nationwide Cease-Fire” in Myanmar

Cited by 3 publications

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The Normative Agency of Regional Organizations and Non‐governmental Organizations in International Peace Mediation*

The Normative Agency of Regional Organizations and Non‐governmental Organizations in International Peace Mediation*

Chronicles of a Norm for Sale: Norm Entrepreneurship in the Myanmar NCA Negotiations

Facilitating Development: Evidence from a National-Level Experiment on Improving Bureaucratic Performance in Myanmar

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