Stan_Savljevic wrote:Myanmar’s determined bid to acquire nuclear capability is not India-centric. It does not perceive any threat from India, which is apparent from the deployment pattern of its military. Further, it has no fixed defences along the 1463 km long Indo-Myanmar border, which is largely undisputed. In fact, Myanmar clearly desisted from denouncing the Indian nuclear tests in May 1998.
The military dispensation in Myanmar, very much like the regime in North Korea, is paranoid about being dislodged by an intervention, military or otherwise, of the US and its allies. The nuclear weapons capability, the Myanmar regime contends, will strategically insulate it against any such design.
Absolutely. Myanmar will never be a pawn of USA because it has no obsession against India like Pakistan has. Western media will never highlight this though. They will love putting hatred into Indian minds against neighbours of India because it helps increase clashes in the region and that only helps West.
No wonder elite Indians see our neighbour countries in negative light only. That only increases issues rather than having only optimistic and path-breaking policy towards things. But I am glad MMS showed maturity and balance-headedness so far and not falling for traps.
The 1 Billion $ aid to Bangladesh came too late. If India can buy friends, then even 5Billion $ is very small price. Go for it!!
Next thing we need to do is, increase social and people level contacts with Bangladesh and Myanmaar. Increase trade and commerce. Help these countries upgrade their infrastructure. Provide them better market access.
These steps alone will kill all jehadi agendas of ISI.
For China, a nuclear-armed Myanmar will further bolster its strategic encirclement of India, the major challenge to its regional supremacy. In the global context, proxy nuclear-states serve as robust strategic pawns in the prevailing uni-polar international order.
This is prime reason behind American support of Pakistan army's nuclear status since 1980's.
The most disturbing part of Myanmar’s nuclear programme is the China-North Korea-Myanmar-Pakistan-Iran axis. Some analysts reckon that it is the part of Myanmar’s nuclear programme that is not entirely of its own volition, but is a strategic manoeuvre by China and its proxies. They maintain that the large number of tunnels being dug in Myanmar is to conceal nuclear material of these countries from the international scanner. Myanmar, being an isolated and closed country, is ideal for the purpose. In other words, Myanmar may be turning into a nuclear hub for all nuclear pariah states under the leadership of China.
Why these same "analysts" has amnesia about Pakistan's nuclear programme and western ignorance of it?
Policy of these analysts is clear - "focus on anti-US states who refuse to become poodle. Ignore the good boys(Pakistan puppet)."