Commentary

New Nepal President: Indian choice to prevail finally

-“India wants to Sikkimise Nepal well within five year term of Nepal’s new President. So the search in earnest has been going since two months or so. The goal set is for 2030.   Indian F. S Quatra came Kathmandu, as is taken, to “order” his men in Nepal to act as per India’s dictates.  In […]

Nepal: Saudi-Iran détente ; Prospects and Challenges

Afrasiab Minhas Defense Analyst, Pakistan In a series of diplomatic overtures that may significantly improve the Gulf region’s geopolitical environment, the initiation of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia hold a pivotal position. The surprising change in Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) tone towards Iran is indeed a welcome development in a region […]

Nepal: A History of Indian Hegemony

M. R. Josse Former Editor-in-Chief The Rising Nepal, Kathmandu. Nepal The concluding sentence of the 1992 edition of William L. Shirer’s “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany” is epigrammatic: “Remembrance of the past helps us to understand the present.” In that spirit, I have attempted to fathom the […]

The Geo-political fight begins: Nepal playground of US, India and China

N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Biratnagar: A near to ‘reverend’ media man and a so called “intellectual-highly nationalist political commentator” met last week with “Raghav Bhatnagar”-the Indian spy agency RAW Chief in Bishalnagar. The so called “holier than thou” and more Christian than the Vatican Pope Nepali media man, met the RAW chief in Kathmandu and […]

Global Power shift and Geopolitical Complexity of Nepal

“Global Power shift: Geopolitical Complexity of Nepal” Biratnagar: A talk program was organized by the Department of political science, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara on the topic “Global Power shift: Geopolitical Complexity of Nepal” and held at the conference hall within the premise of the college on 15th February, 2023. Prof. Khadga KC, Ph.D. Professor at […]