Michael Kugelman is the Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, a Washington DC-based think tank mandated by the US Congress to offer counsel and insights on global affairs to American policymakers. In this interview with the Post’s Biswas Baral, Kugelman discusses America’s South Asian policy under Trump and how it will...
EU leaders agreed at their summit with Keir Starmer in Brussels this week that much more spending is urgently needed to support Ukraine and to strengthen Europe’s own defences. But they have yet to get real about how to fund it, how to spend it, or how to staff it. Nearly three years after Russia’s...
विश्वमञ्चमा उभिन प्रयासरत भारतले विस्तारवादी नीति त्यागेर छिमेकीसँग सहअस्तित्वको सम्बन्ध बनाउन जरुरी छ। जातीय, भाषिक, सांस्कृतिक र भौगोलिक रूपमा विविधतापूर्ण भारतको आन्तरिक मात्रै होइन, बाह्य सम्बन्ध पनि सहज रहँदै आएको छैन। लोकतान्त्रिक राष्ट्र भए पनि आन्तरिक व्यवहार त्यस्तो देखिंदैन। त्यस्तै, छिमेकीसँगको सम्बन्ध पनि सधैं उतारचढावपूर्ण रहँदै आएको छ। दक्षिण-पश्चिमको अधिकांश भूभाग समुद्रको तटीय क्षेत्र रहे...
A recent executive order of US President Donald Trump to pause for review all American assistance funded by or through the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has affected at least four projects run by the government in partnership with USAID. Moreover, as many as 300 NGOs, consultancies, and nonprofits that...
China’s ongoing expansion of its nuclear arsenal may be aimed at eventually achieving nuclear parity with the United States. But regardless of the rationale, China’s nuclear expansion, along with possible changes to its nuclear doctrine, are of great concern to India, its neighbor in South Asia. This report—based on interviews with nearly two dozen Indian...
Congress leader Pawan Khera has challenged AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal to a debate following a CAG report highlighting a revenue loss of Rs 2,026 crore in Delhi’s excise policy. Khera criticized Kejriwal’s silence on the matter, questioning his integrity ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. In a fiery exchange, Congress leader Pawan Khera lambasted Aam...
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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