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The United Wa State Army and Burma's peace process / Bertil Lintner.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lintner, Bertil, author.
- Series:
- Peaceworks ; no. 147.
- Peaceworks ; no. 147
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wa (Asian people).
- Paramilitary forces--Burma.
- Paramilitary forces.
- Burma--Ethnic relations.
- Burma.
- Peace-building--Burma.
- Peace-building.
- Drug traffic--Burma.
- Drug traffic.
- Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations, one color map.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- The United Wa State Army, a force of some twenty-thousand fighters, is the largest of Burma's ethnic armed organizations. It is also the best equipped, boasting modern and sophisticated Chinese weaponry, and operates a formidable drug empire in the Golden Triangle region. This report examines the history of the Wa people, the United Wa State Army's long-standing political and military ties to China, and the Wa's role in Burma's fragile peace process.
- Contents:
- Introduction.
- Wo are the Wa?
- Communism.
- Drug trafficking.
- The UWSP UWSA, and their allies.
- The UWSP and China's role in the peace process.
- Conclusion and policy recommendations.
- Notes:
- "April 2019."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (USIP, viewed May 5, 2019).
- ISBN:
- 9781601277657
- 1601277652
- OCLC:
- 1101026006
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