TY  - BOOK
AU  - BERTRAND Jacques
AU  - PELLETIER Alexandre
AU  - THAWNGHMUNG Ardeth Maung
TI  - First movers, democratization and unilateral concessions: overcoming commitment problems and negotiating a "Nationwide Cease-Fire" in Myanmar
PY  - 2020///
KW  - NATIONWIDE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT
KW  - NCA
KW  - NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY
KW  - NLD
KW  - MYANMAR
KW  - SECURITY
N2  - The article argues that "first movers" and the bandwagoning effect they trigger can undermine the dynamics that perpetuate civil war and enable a multiparty cease-fire agreement. It looks at the unprecedented "nationwide" cease-fire in Myanmar reached between the government and several ethnic armed organizations in 2015. It shows that democratization and unilateral concessions by the Myanmar government were instrumental in overcoming the commitment problem and provided the necessary incentives for "first movers" to set the stage for a broad cease-fire agreement
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14799855.2018.1471466
ER  -