Regardless of the difficulties and challenges facing Myanmar’s peace process, what ultimately will matter most is whether the government and the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) can adopt a federal model for Myanmar on which both sides can agree. The speech delivered by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor, at the formal ceremony of the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), held on 28 October 2019, will certainly pave the way for Myanmar’s quest to construct its own federal model, as has long been demanded by ethnic nationalities in Myanmar.  There are two important points on federalism that she mentioned that are politically significant and historic in a sense for the future federation of the Union of Myanmar/Burma.  Firstly, she said: “Our government wanted...