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  • Raushan Raj asked: What caused India's diplomatic misadventures in Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka?

    Ashok Kumar Behuria replies: This question wrongly preconceives that India was on an adventure, on the diplomatic front, in the neighbourhood, and it has backfired. In reality, this is not the way one should look at diplomacy or foreign policy practices of a state. In the post-Cold War period, the regional geo-political reality has changed massively. India's policy preferences have changed too, to address a whole new set of challenges that have popped up on the horizon, while some of the old challenges have become even more complex and complicated.

    Contextualizing Madhesi Frustration in the Wake of Nepal’s New Constitution

    Contextualizing Madhesi Frustration in the Wake of Nepal’s New Constitution

    The only way to resolve the crisis is to acknowledge Madeshis as genuine citizens of Nepal, whose respect and dignity can be protected by a clear recognition of their rights in the new constitution.

    September 28, 2015

    Post-Constitution Shivers in Nepal and India’s Response

    Post-Constitution Shivers in Nepal and India’s Response

    The Indian reaction has led to notes of caution by some major countries. China, for instance, has suggested to Nepalese leaders that they should make the Constitution broad based.

    September 28, 2015

    New Nepal, Old Politics

    New Nepal, Old Politics

    The issue of ‘consensus’ that has been at the core of writing a constitution has been eroded through majoritarianism to secure the entrenchment in power of the hill political elites.

    September 28, 2015

    Nepal's New Constitution: An Analysis from the Madheshi Perspective

    Nepal's New Constitution: An Analysis from the Madheshi Perspective

    What the country needs is goodwill and support from all stakeholders inside and outside to move the reconciliation process forward and build on the peace, and all at the right pace.

    September 24, 2015

    BBIN-MVA: Pushing Regional Integration through Sub-regional Cooperation

    BBIN-MVA: Pushing Regional Integration through Sub-regional Cooperation

    The BBIN-MVA would enable seamless sub-regional connectivity, deeper integration on economic issues and people-to-people contact between the four counties.

    June 19, 2015

    The Nepal Earthquake: Could SAARC have been Effective?

    The Nepal Earthquake: Could SAARC have been Effective?

    In spite of the existence since October 2006 of a SAARC Disaster Management Centre, the Nepal earthquake brought to the fore the difficulties faced by this organization and its failure to rise to the occasion.

    June 02, 2015

    Emerging Need for Nepali Ecological Task Force (ETF) Units

    Nepal should raise Ecological Task Force (ETF) units to assist in tasks related to ecological reconstruction.

    April 29, 2015

    Strategic Himalayas: Republican Nepal and External Powers

    Strategic Himalayas: Republican Nepal and External Powers
    • Publisher: Pentagon Press
      2014

    The ten years of Maoist insurgency followed by the political vacuum after the abolition of the monarchy and the delay in the drafting of the Constitution has given credence to the role of external powers in shaping the domestic politics in that country. The book examines the nature of external powers’ role during the political transition in Nepal since 2006. It analyses Nepal’s relations with external powers’ in the framework of ‘small and major powers’.

    • ISBN 978-81-8274-761-6,
    • Price: ₹. 995
    • E-copy available
    2014

    P. Pawan asked: Why is India seeking to restructure the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Nepal? What are the specific areas that require revision and what is Nepal's take on this issue?

    S.D. Muni replies: It is not India but Nepal that has been seeking revision of the 1950 Treaty for the past almost five decades. India is only responding by stating that it is ready to consider Nepal’s proposal to revise the Treaty.

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