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No End to Political Instability in Nepal

Once again President of Nepal Communist Party – Unified-Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) KP Sharma Oli, 72, became Nepal’s Prime Minister on July 15, 2024, after his predecessor Pushpa Kamal Dahal failed to prove a majority in the Nepalese Parliament, the...

August 14 , 2024
The See-Saw of MCC projects in Nepal

Introduction Nepal-America's five-year MCC project seems to be stuck for various reasons, and it is possible that if progress continues at this pace, this five-year project will not be completed. Notably, Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-...

November 10 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 26 September 2023

Afghanistan Muttaqi Travels to Russia To Participate in Moscow Format Meeting – Tolo News A delegation from the Islamic Emirate led by the acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi went to Russia on Monday to participate in the Moscow Format meeting...

September 26 , 2023
Nepal Remains Unconvinced by China's Expansionist Outlook

The New Map Controversy The Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda is visiting China from 22 September. The visit comes in the backdrop of Nepal’s objections to the recently released “2023 edition of the standard map of China”,...

September 21 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 01 September 2023

Afghanistan Contract Signed for 7 Mines Worth More Than $6.5 Billion: Ministry – Tolo News The acting Minister of Petroleum and Mines Shahabuddin Delawar speaking to the press at a contract-signing ceremony for the extraction and processing of 7...

September 1 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 28 August 2023

Afghanistan Women Banned From Visiting Band-e-Amir National Park – Tolo News Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, the acting Minister of Virtue and Vice, asked all religious clerics and security agencies to forbid women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park...

August 28 , 2023
Economic-Political Developments in Nepal: Looking Back at 2022 and the Way Forward

Nepal has had a tumultuous past in terms of its politics and its road to democracy. After a prolonged period of instability, it finally became a multi-party federal republic with the implementation of the new Constitution in 2015. Over the course of...

March 2 , 2023
Energy: A New Dimension in India-Nepal Relations

Nepal’s Energy Export to India Recently, the Nepal Electricity Authority said in a statement that in the last four months, Nepal exported electricity worth US$ 56 million to India, estimated to reach the US $ 234 million in December 2022. This is...

September 27 , 2022
The Unmaking and Making of Sri Lankan Crisis: Options before India

Unfolding Events Sri Lanka has elected six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President. In the parliamentary votes Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes against his closest contestant Dullus Alahapperuma got 82 votes. The...

July 22 , 2022
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
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