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This paper sketches different positions regarding the peace process in Myanmar, on the part of different ethnic actors, and analyzes their strategies. The paper argues that, in order to build a sustainable and deep-rooted peace process, it is necessary to involve conflict-affected communities and civil society organizations and above-ground ethnic political parties; it is also necessary to re-imagine peace and conflict in Myanmar as issues affecting the whole of society, including the Burman majority. The paper concludes by sketching a "framework agreement", by which the government and representatives of minority communities could move onto a substantial political discourse.