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Bit by bit our worst fears are coming true. Long read but comprehensively captures the problems a failing state like Myanmar is causing the entire neighborhood, much like Afghanistan

https://m.timesofindia.com/world/china/china-says-mediated-immediate-ceasefire-between-myanmar-army-and-armed-alliance/articleshow/106760625.cms

Except for India thanks to Milawdas , Rohingyas seem popular everywhere.

The spillover has ALREADY happened. We're trying to contain it to the best of our abilities. Hopefully the Meiteis don't embark on their usual suicide mission & for once do the right thing by emulating the Kuki group's behaviour all along up until just before the current crisis commenced &...

Bribing warlords & the junta is a 2 way street. Just as there are people willing to toe China's line , there will be people opposed to China for various reasons. The latter's the constituency we ought & will in all likelihood tap.

A good primer on why Chinese will not involve itself DIRECTLY in Myanmar . It has as much to do with the topography as with dealing with the various tribes inhabiting it who have been used to a degree if autonomy by default what with the war they've been waging against Tatmadaw much before the...

Interview with the head of the Chin National Front . The NE seems set for some great action in the immediate future.

On the contrary we should welcome Chinese intervention at least initially. They'd help calm issues . If not , they may well get sucked into a civil war which wouldn't be surprising either as the US learnt in Lebanon in the 1980s & in the 2000s in Iraq & the former USSR learnt in Afghanistan...

The Chin / Zo / Kuki / Mizo peoples are certainly having their cake & eating it too. For OTOH they've a defacto homeland in Myanmar , an independent militia & drug money apart from overseas remittances to finance their venture , OTOH they've a semi autonomous state in Mizoram which survives...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hundreds-of-school-students-displaced-from-strife-torn-myanmar-resume-studies-in-india-101700935143020.html On odd days throw out Indians from Myanmar , on even days let's seek refuge in India . This is apart from the usual -" India's unsafe for...