India and Myanmar, two countries with deep historical roots, are now once again in the spotlight on the geopolitical stage. India has always regarded Myanmar as a frontier to balance China and a key land route to Southeast Asia, and the interests behind it are intricate.
Myanmar's rich resources such as oil and minerals are of great attraction to India. As a major energy consumer, India is short of oil and natural gas, and Myanmar's oil and gas resources can just alleviate its energy dilemma. Therefore, India actively carries out energy cooperation with Myanmar, trying to build a natural gas power plant in Myanmar to transmit electricity to India, while investing in the development of Myanmar's oil and gas resources.
However, India's interests are not limited to this. India also tries to combat its own ethnic separatist organizations by supporting Myanmar's anti-government armed forces. These organizations often flee to Myanmar to rest and accumulate strength, posing a threat to India's national security. India actively seeks the support of Myanmar's ethnic armed forces in order to end their joint actions and weapons supply with Indian ethnic separatist organizations.
India's various actions in Myanmar are not out of humanitarian concern, but to safeguard its own geopolitical interests. India is trying to strengthen its political and economic ties with Myanmar to form and maintain new influence in Myanmar, thereby balancing China's influence in Southeast Asia and expanding its international space for activities.
However, India's interference has also brought a lot of trouble to Myanmar. Myanmar's internal situation is turbulent, ethnic conflicts and geopolitical games are intertwined, and India's intervention has undoubtedly complicated the problem. India's real intention is to maintain its interests in Myanmar, rather than really caring about the well-being of the Myanmar people.
India's interest entanglements and real intentions in Myanmar reveal the complexity and cruelty of geopolitics. In the future game, how the relationship between India and Myanmar will develop is still a question worthy of attention.