How India Can Restore Democracy in Myanmar
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May 13, 2021
As violence escalates in Myanmar, India’s failure to support its neighbor s democratic aspirations will have a far-reaching impact on its national security as well as stability in the region.
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s the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the country and with a humanitarian crisis unfolding within its borders, it might seem untimely for India to exert efforts to restore democracy in Myanmar. But in geopolitics, there’s nothing more important than decisive, opportune action. While India’s Westphalian non-interventionist foreign policy has been a subject of robust discussion, credited as both a success and failure, it is high time for the world’s largest democracy to resort to action; walk the talk. Since the Tatmadaw, the Burmese military junta, led by its Commander-in-Chief General Min Aung Hlaing, ousted the Suu Kyi government on 1 February 2021, Myanmar has witnessed the rise of widespread civil protests and excessive ag