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The Telegraph | Subir Bhaumik | Aug 6 ()
But where does India stand in the ‘Great Game East’ that is developing around Myanmar? Many see India as being marginalized in a country that is crucial to its strategic and economic interests. The Myanmarese turn to the West, and not to India, when they seek to explore alternatives to the Chinese. Increasingly, India is being seen as a defensive power influence, incapable of contesting Chinese influence in Myanmar, and unwilling to play along with those who seek to contest Chinese influence there.
The West has long seen India, the Asean countries and Japan as playing a key role in checking China’s growing stranglehold on Myanmar — a nation located at the strategic crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. In the past, US officials had praised Myanmar’s more democratic neighbours for their “constructive engagement” with the former ruling junta that helped to limit Chinese influence. The US vice president, Joe Biden, said recently that the US was keenly watching the unfolding of India’s Look East policy. Japan, Australia and the Asean countries seek greater Indian involvement in Myanmar and the rest of Southeast Asia to offset China’s still dominant position in Myanmar.
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