NGOs Mediating Peace Promoting Inclusion in Myanmar's Nationwide Ceasefire Negotiations

This book explores the role of nongovernmental mediators in promoting "inclusive peace" to negotiating parties in Myanmar's Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) negotiations from 2011-2015. The influx of NGO mediators directly engaging with the negotiating parties and promoting the in...

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Main Author: Palmiano Federer, Julia (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2024
Series:Twenty-first Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict
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