1. Myanmar’s 2020 Elections and Conflict Dynamics
- Author:
- Mary Callahan and Myo Zaw Oo
- Publication Date:
- 04-2019
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- In late 2020, Myanmar will hold a general election for more than a thousand seats in Union, state, and regional legislative bodies. The next year and a half will also see two high-level, conflict-laden processes capture domestic and international attention—the 21st Century Panglong peace conference and possible attempts to repatriate Rohingya refugees. This report evaluates the environment in which the peace process, Rohingya repatriation, and the election intersect and identifies opportunities for mitigating conflict in the run-up to the election.
- Topic:
- Governance, Elections, Democracy, Refugees, Conflict, Violence, and Peace
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and Myanmar