Articles

New government has been formed in Nepal after much anticipation with Prachanda as the Prime Minister. Leading 170 members in 275 member House of Representatives, his party Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre) [NCP(MC)] has allied with KP Sharma Oli ....

December 30, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , China , Nepali Congress , KP Oli , Prachanda , CPN (UML) , Madhes

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal: Facts, Disputes, and the US-China Contest

In the past two months, Nepal’s political space had been marred by upheavals and doubts over the future of the ruling alliance between the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center)/Maoist Party, and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified....

April 19, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , India-Nepal , KP Oli , Tibet , US-China , Wang Yi , Indo-Pacific Strategy , Prachanda , Nepal Communist Party , Sher Bahadur Deuba , Millennium Challenge Corporation , MCC , MCC in Nepal , 12-Point Interpretive Declaration , Intellectual Property Rights , UML , MCC Ratification , Three Supports , Hydropowe

A Welcome Reset in India-Nepal Relations Amidst Chinese Encroachment of Nepalese Territories

Dr Rishi Gupta Article

A New Beginning

Amidst the gloom and pessimism in India-Nepal relations in the past five years, the two countries now seem to be moving towards a reset in bilateral ties. Since taking office in July 2021, the newly appointed Prime Minist....

October 27, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , Nepali Congress , KP Oli , S Jaishankar , Sher Bahadur Deuba , ndia-Nepal Relations , Bhartiya Janta Party , Chinese Enchrochment , Nepal-China border dispute , Prakash Mahat

Compulsions of Coalition Politics in Nepal

Dr Rishi Gupta Article

The Backdrop

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba led Government in Nepal unveiled a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) on August 08, 2021.¹ In less than a month in office, Deuba has launched the CMP as a systematic planning model to ad....

August 18, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , China , Nepal politics , Nepali Congress , Madhesh , Coalition Politics , BRI , Communist Party of Nepal , KP Oli , Common Minimum Programme , Sher Bahadur Deuba , Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) , Political Instability in Nepal , Janta Samajbadi Party , Maoist Center

Notes from the Sub-continent – April 2020

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

As coronavirus infections continue to rise around the globe, much of the media focus in the Indian sub-continent has remained focussed, as expected, on different aspects of the pandemic--how are governments managing this public health crisis, do they....

May 14, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Coronavirus , Tablighi Jamaat , Extraction , Easter attacks , Indian Muslims , USCIRF , KP Oli