In early December 2024, Nepali Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli paid an official visit to China — his first bilateral visit abroad after becoming prime minister for the fourth time. Oli’s visit to Beijing was keenly watched by political and strategic analysts within the country and abroad, primarily for two reasons. First, Oli broke...
Although it is seven months since K. P. Sharma Oli took over the reins as Nepal’s prime minister, he has yet to visit India, the country’s powerful southern neighbor. An invitation from New Delhi remains elusive. A new government in Nepal has usually been followed by a Nepali prime ministerial visit to New Delhi in...
Since his inauguration on Jan 20, US President Donald Trump has issued more than 300 executive orders, significantly impacting both the United States and countries around the world. His orders on foreign aid, illegal immigration, environmental regulations, gender policies and abortion rights are expected to have direct repercussions for Nepal. In response, Nepal’s Ministry of...
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A recent decision by the new US administration to pause all American assistance funded by or through the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has sent ripples across the globe, including Nepal. With uncertainty looming over whether ongoing funding will continue after the 90-day pause—during which the US government will “reevaluate...
Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s decision to visit China before India after assuming office in 2024 had reignited speculations about the trajectory of India-Nepal bilateral ties. While some analysts see this as a shift in Kathmandu’s diplomatic priorities, New Delhi has downplayed concerns, maintaining that relations between the two South Asian neighbours remain strong....
China’s government on Sunday denounced the Trump administration’s imposition of a long-threatened 10% tariff on Chinese imports while leaving the door open for talks with the U.S. that could avoid a deepening conflict.Beijing will challenge President Donald Trump’s tariff at the World Trade Organization – a symbolic gesture – and take unspecified “countermeasures” in response...
Ambivalent discourses about Nepali political parties are emanating from various sources. More emerge in news portals and ideas published in the columns. Some appear as cogent analysis and others as jeremiads, mere lamentations about the existence of political parties and their perennial failures, which I brand as extremist views. We see the expressive dimension of...
he dominoes fell really fast. On Monday, Jan. 20, shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and “consistency with U.S. foreign policy.” The order got less attention than some of the others he signed that day but may have...
President Donald Trump’s push to implement his large-scale deportation plan has sent shockwaves through immigrant communities, including the Nepali diaspora in the US. Nearly 3,000 Nepali nationals are at risk of deportation within the next six months, leaving the future uncertain for thousands more. According to data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),...