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  • Neighbourhood First Series
    Nepal-India Relations: A View from Kathmandu
    Yubaraj Ghimire.    ·   16 Nov, 2020    ·    #5741    ·    Commentary    
    A somewhat long meeting between Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Oli and Secretary of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Samant Goel, on 21 October 2020 continues to trigger a debate in Nepal’s political circles about openness—or lack ...
  • Neighbourhood First Series
    India-Nepal Relations: A View from New Delhi
    Sangeeta Thapliyal.    ·   16 Nov, 2020    ·    #5740    ·    Commentary    
    India-Nepal relations have been on a downward slope. Many have blamed the border blockade as the turning point; others have pointed to China’s increasing influence. Many more have highlighted Nepal’s domestic politics as being primarily respon ...
  • The India-Nepal Dispute: What, and Why Now?
    Yash Vardhan Singh.    ·   10 Jul, 2020    ·    #5703    ·    Commentary    
    The India-Nepal territorial dispute around the Kalpani-Limpaidhura-Lipulekh trijunction area stems only in part from the ambiguity around the original boundary settlement. The present flare up is a result of a combination of factors: India’s str ...
  • Challenges to Securing India's Borders
    Tim Walpot.    ·   13 Aug, 2018    ·    #5505    ·    Commentary    
    The pace of border security projects in India has accelerated over the past two years. A prime example of this has been the implementation of a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) pilot project along two 5.5 km and 5.3 km stretc ...
  • Modi’s Nepal Visit: More Drama than Substance
    Pramod Jaiswal.    ·   17 May, 2018    ·    #5472    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a two-day visit to Nepal on 11-12 May. No Indian prime minister had visited Nepal in an official capacity in almost two decades, until Prime Minister Modi, who has been to the country thrice in four years. Thi ...
  • Sushma Swaraj in Nepal: Reinvigorating Bilateral Relations?
    Pramod Jaiswal.    ·   07 Feb, 2018    ·    #5429    ·    Commentary    
    On 2 February 2018, India's Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, made a surprise visit to Nepal at a time when the Left Alliance in Nepal is set to form a new government under KP Sharma Oli's leadership. What does the visit mean? Ho ...
  • Nepal Elections: Reading the Results
    Pramod Jaiswal.    ·   11 Dec, 2017    ·    #5407    ·    Commentary    
    The Left Alliance made a clean sweep in Nepal's recently held provincial and federal elections. It is speculated that the Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), KP Sharmal Oli, would lead the government and the ...
  • Nepal: Climate Change and Human Mobility
    Amb TCA Raghavan.    ·   06 Oct, 2017    ·    #5377    ·    Commentary    
    In 2016, Samjong village in Upper Mustang, Nepal, which is at an elevation of 4100 m, had to be relocated to Namashung village in the same region. This was necessitated by acute drought in Samjong that had persisted for almost a decade. While this ...
  • Nepal's Disaster Management Preparedness: Taking Stock
    Amb TCA Raghavan.    ·   24 Aug, 2017    ·    #5345    ·    Commentary    
    According to the Nepal Disaster Report 2015 produced by the Government of Nepal, Nepal is among the top 20 on the list of the most multi-hazard-prone countries in the world. Its active tectonic plates, variable climatic conditions, rugged and fragi ...
  • Three Years of the Modi Government
    India-Nepal Relations: Mixed Fortunes
    Pramod Jaiswal.    ·   16 Aug, 2017    ·    #5338    ·    Commentary    
    Narendra Modi’s electoral victory in May 2014 generated positive vibes throughout the region. His invitation to the heads of governments of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member-states to his swearing-in ceremony ...
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