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From comparative perspective, this book explores the dynamics of child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border (i.e., Kachin and Shan States of Myanmar). At the same time, this book examines the structural factors and specific relationships between child soldiers, which have impacts on child soldiering. This book reveals that Myanmar has limited power to reduce child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border, and there is no optimal solution for reducing child soldiering in the near future. Instead, the book introduces the "transnational public-private partnership" approach as a "second best" solution and proposes suitable countermeasures for all the stakeholders.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Research Methodology

2.1 Research Approach

2.2 Research Method

2.3 Research Sources

2.4 Research Scope

Chapter 3 Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border

3.1 Definition of Child Soldiering

3.2 Historical Context of Child Soldiering in Myanmar

3.3 Current Situation of Child Soldiering

3.4 Negative Consequences of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border

Chapter 4 Structural Factors of Child Soldiering

4.1 Decentralization of Security

4.2 Inadequate Manpower Resources

4.3 Insufficient Legal Enforcement

4.4 Displacement of Children

4.5 Stateless Children

4.6 Chronic Poverty

Chapter 5 Why Children are Involved in Armed Conflicts?

5.1 Victim-Coercer Relationship

5.2 Patron-Client Relationship

5.3 Comradeship

Chapter 6 Why Other Children are not Recruited?

6.1 Disabled Children

6.2 Child Labor <

6.3 Children Seeking Evacuation

Chapter 7 Transnational Public-Private Partnership: A "Second Best" Solution for Reducing Child Soldiering

7.1 Why There is No Optimal Solution for Reducing Child Soldiering?

7.2 Transnational PPP: A "Second Best" Solution of Reducing Child Soldiering

Chapter 8 Possible Countermeasures to Govern Child Soldiering

8.1 Enforcing Discipline

8.2 Building Mutual Trust

8.3 Extending Flexibilities

8.4 Improving

Protective Mechanism

8.5 Raising International Awareness

8.6 Initiatives of Private Sector

Chapter 9 Conclusion and Outlook

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Kai Chen, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Non-Traditional Security and Peaceful Development Studies, College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, China. From November 2013 to May 2014, he takes the position of visiting scholar at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. From 2009 to 2011, he was a postdoctoral fellow at School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, China. His research focuses on international security, geo-strategic relations, and security governance in East Asia, especially Southeast Asia and China.

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