Category: Geopolitics

K V Rajan and Atul K Thakur are the co-authors of “Kathmandu Chronicle: Reclaiming India-Nepal Relations”. Definitive and deeply researched, the book opens a window to many stories of India–Nepal relations that largely remain untold and therefore unknown till date. Kamal Dev Bhattarai of ApEx interviews Rajan, also a former India’s ambassador to Nepal, and Thakur, a...

President Ramchandra Paudel recently paid an official visit to Germany and Switzerland, countries with which Nepal established diplomatic relations in 1958 and 1956, respectively. He also served as the keynote speaker at the ILO’s 112th International Conference. The timing of these diplomatic ties coincided with global instability and the Cold War. Nepal joined the ILO...

In over seven decades of the communist rule, new norms of Chinese society and policies have evolved. Founded in 1921, the Communist Party of China (CPC) in early days was influenced by Soviet models of ethnic policy, and thus emphasized the right to self-determination for minority groups. In a similar way to Nepali Maoists’ policy...

Where are the diplomatic intelligence systems in Nepal? Can foreign policy succeed without any significant intelligence mechanisms?Considering the implications of international political, diplomatic, and security intelligence, the government must view intelligence through a wider lens, examining it from military (or security) to political to diplomatic to emotional intelligence (of the leaders and diplomats). While national...

नेपाल–चीन सीमारेखाको संयुक्त सुपरिवेक्षण गरी भत्के–बिग्रेका सीमास्तम्भ मर्मत सम्भार एवं लोप भएका खम्बा यथास्थानमा पुनर्निर्माण गर्ने, सीमा नदीको बहाव परिवर्तन भएको देखिए सीमा सन्धि भई सन् १९६१–६२ मा सीमांकन गरिएका समयको नदी धारलाई नै कायम राख्ने र दशगजा क्षेत्रलाई सफा राख्ने काम गरी चौथो सीमा प्रोटोकल तयार पार्न सन् २००६ मा नेपाल–चीन संयुक्त सीमा समिति...