Context: The absence of the Nagaland Governor and the Centre’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks, in the recently-held meeting of the Naga peace process in New Delhi and the subsequent involvement of the Intelligence Bureau to carry the talks further only testifies the intractable nature of the conflict.
Support for Naga insurgency
Tactics used by India to tackle insurgency (cease fire tactics)
Reasons for undesirable outcomes of these cease fires
Concerns about NSCN-IM
Conclusion: Centre must keep in mind that most of the armed insurgencies across the world do not end in either total victory or comprehensive defeat, but in a grey zone called ‘compromise’.