“Why India faces a strategic dilemma in the unfolding Myanmar crisis”, First Post, January 16, 2024:
“The past few months have witnessed the civil war in Myanmar taking unpredictable turns and twists. The Peoples’ Defence Force which is the armed wing of the Chiang Mai-based National Unity Government and affiliated ethnic militias of the country seem to have confronted Myanmar on quite a few fronts.
The setbacks have seen the fleeing of several Myanmar army personnel into Mizoram. The accelerated efforts of the rebel groups have been relentlessly targeting “the military and its assets” and capturing townships that the Myanmar army had been acting as tactical bases. A hitherto disunited resistance has come together to battle the Tatmadaw under a single command and control.
However, the last word in the war has not yet been scripted. After all, temporary defeats have never proclaimed the final outcome. One has to just read how Operation Barbarossa unfurled, progressed and concluded…..”
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