India gains little from courting Myanmar

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India?s decision to woo Myanmar?s military rulers to get them to cooperate with its efforts in fighting insurgency in its northeastern states appears not to be working. Outfits such as the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), which recently carried out a series of deadly attacks on migrants in the state of Assam, continue to thrive thanks to support and sanctuary from Myanmar. Getting Myanmar?s generals to cooperate with its efforts to fight insurgency in its strife-torn northeast was among the reasons India decided in the early 1990s to move away from its policy of refusing to engage with the junta to courting it..."

Creator/author: 

Sudha Ramachandran

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Asia Times Online

Date of Publication: 

2007-01-20

Date of entry: 

2010-11-30

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English

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