Myanmar and regional security

The civil war in the country has spilled over into India and the time may have come to review our tacit support to the junta

Myanmar is an important neighbour, critically important for India’s security and well-being. The two countries share a 1,400-km-long border and four of India’s sensitive north-eastern states — Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram — are ranged on this border north to south. There are ethnic spillovers across this border. The Nagas, Kukis, and Mizos (known as the Chins in Myanmar) are settled on either side. During the long years of insurgency afflicting India’s Northeast, several insurgent groups such as the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) or NSCN-K, the United Liberal Front of Asom (ULFA), and the Kuki National Council