Nepal: An unfinished project of Maoism
In the year 2008, peace agreement between Maoist party, government and other political forces ensued in Nepal. The country acceded to constitutional democracy leaving behind the declared objective of achieving…
Nepal
Nepal Experiences Another Political Reversal as Public Takes a Backseat
Nepal’s recent political changes, forming a coalition government led by the two largest communist parties, have implications for stability. Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s continued prime ministership and the inclusion of smaller…
Nepal Not To Move Forward With U.S. State Partnership Program
Nepal has decided to shun the U.S. State Partnership Programme (SPP). Media reports said: The Nepal government has decided to not forward the US' state partnership programme (SPP). The meeting of the Council…
China’s mission to Nepal gains traction
The route India took has been bullying and it ultimately isolated India. By treating Nepali politicians as shabby buffoons to be pampered one day and collared another day, India badly…
Nepal Communist Party splits
The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) suffered a vertical split on December 23, 2020, with the rival factions of the party led by the two chairmen claiming their faction to…
Is Nepal Communist Party heading towards split?
As K P Sharma Oli, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chair and prime minister, in a bid to achieve a majority in the party Central Committee announced a 1,199-member general…
House dissolved in Nepal, mid-term polls announced
Media reports from Nepal said: In a dramatic turn of events, Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on December 20, 2020 decided to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) and…
Floods, landslides kill more than 40 in Nepal, many missing, thousands displaced
Torrential rainfall for the past three days has triggered floods and landslides in different parts of Nepal, claiming more than 40 lives and displacing thousands of families in western…
Bolstering Nepal-China Connectivity: Kathmandu goes beyond a Zero-sum Game in South Asia
Nepal and China have made a significant step in bilateral relations by finalizing the text of the protocol to the proposed agreement that would help facilitate Nepal to use Chinese…
Interview with Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’
As a political scientist interested in studying civil conflicts and postconflictretirement and reintegration of rebels, I was in Nepal this July to study the process of peaceful transition of the…
Why I Spotlight Nepal And Conduct A Comparative Analysis With The U.S.
First of all, Nepal is a great point of departure for motivating students to become engaged with Climate Change issues. For some age levels the World Resources Report on…
Hydro Boom Sparks Violent Conflicts In Nepal
The paradox is easy to spot. Running water is Nepal’s strongest asset at the moment, not only for investors in hydroelectric power plants, but also for communities that still lack…
Community Based Forest And Livelihood Management In Nepal
The reintroduction of a multiparty system in Nepal in 1990 after the peaceful revolution against the autocratic Monarchial Panchayat regime1 provided political space for communities to get organized and manage common…
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