India must exercise stabilising influence in its difficult neighbourhood to effectively safeguard national interest. Comment.

India has always its neighbourhood as can be seen in the decade of India's neighbourhood first policy and recent issuing of neighbours to join us surveying in Arunachal. Need for stabilizing influence (1) Instability in neighbourhood may impact India directly iv Migration from Myanmar after Junta rule (2) Press to China - China can take advantage of instability in the neighbourhood iv China dealing with Nepal even during the turbulent times (3) Counter anti-India forces iv India oil campaigns in Maldives & Bangladesh whenever there is any internal instability