| Description |
1 online resource (ii, 44 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Asia report ; no. 261 |
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ICG Asia report ; no. 261.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Historical background -- Current situation -- The Rakhine Buddhist perspective -- The Muslim perspective -- Regional and international concerns -- The way forward -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"The situation in Rakhine State contains a toxic mixture of historical centre-periphery tensions, serious intercommunal and inter-religious conflict with minority Muslim communities, and extreme poverty and under-development. This led to major violence in 2012 and further sporadic outbreaks since then. The political temperature is high, and likely to increase as Myanmar moves closer to national elections at the end of 2015. It represents a significant threat to the overall success of the transition, and has severely damaged the reputation of the government when it most needs international support and investment. Any policy approach must start from the recognition that there will be no easy fixes or quick solutions. The problems faced by Rakhine State are rooted in decades of armed violence, authoritarian rule and state-society conflict. This crisis has affected the whole of the state and all communities within it. It requires a sustained and multi-pronged response, as well as critical humanitarian and protection interventions in the interim"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"22 October 2014." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed October 24, 2014) |
| Subject |
Ethnic conflict -- Burma -- Rakhine State
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Political violence -- Burma -- Rakhine State
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Ethnic conflict.
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Political violence.
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Politics and government.
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Social conditions.
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Rakhine State (Burma) -- Politics and government
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Rakhine State (Burma) -- Social conditions
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Burma -- Rakhine State.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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