NEW DELHI: Any tactical decision has a shelf life. And it calls for a shifting of gears at the right moment.

When India warmed up to the military junta in Myanmar, it was touted as a tactical decision. That India has to engage with whoever is in power with a country which shares 1,643 km land boundary with India’s four northeastern states made sense. China making heavy investments to spread its strategic footprint in Myanmar lent urgency to the Indian move. It angering Aung San Suu Kyi was something India could live with as long as junta was in power, it was reasoned.