Commentary

Nepal in the Face of Geopolitical Rivalry of Great Powers

Yuba Nath Lamsal Nepal’s former Ambassador to Denmark The world is interconnected and inter-dependent. The advancement of science and technology has reduced the world into a small global village. In this interconnected world, no single country is fully self-sufficient and self-reliant on all facets. All countries, big or small, powerful or weak and developed or […]

India chase to win public hope in mess-hit Sri Lanka

Ace Collymore  Foreign Policy Analyst  & Journalist Canada For the past 15 years, India and China have vied for favorable diplomatic and trade relations with Sri Lanka thanks to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. While popular perception indicated China had outpaced India, the recent economic and political turmoil in Sri Lanka seems to […]

North Korea anticipated to be middle part of President Biden’s meet session with South Korea

Katrin Fidencio San Diego, USA Joe Biden begins his first visit to Asia as President in earnest Saturday, meeting with South Korea’s newly elected leader as the country’s belligerent northern neighbor appeared poised to thrust itself into the conversation with a nuclear or missile test. The hermit nation’s intensifying provocations were expected to be at […]

China’s thump in South Asia behind Pakistan regime change and Sri Lankan disorder?

Eight minute read. N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Kathmandu: Nepali observers confirm the “Indian hand” for the unceremonious ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan last month (April) and the “dangerous” demonstrations that destabilized not only friendly nation Sri Lanka but also forced the sitting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajpaksha to prefer a “grand escapade” to […]

US President Biden proceeds to South Korea and Japan on an administrative visit

Ace Collymore, Foreign Policy Analyst, Canada President Joe Biden departs on a six-day trip to South Korea and Japan aiming to build rapport with the two nations’ leaders while also sending an unmistakable message to China: Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine should give Beijing pause about its own sabre-rattling in the Pacific. Mr. Biden departs […]