International

Pakistan in the Global Nuclear Order: Recessed Deterrence

-Zafar Khan and Rizwana Abbasi, Islamabad, Pakistan The term ―recessed deterrence was coined for India by Jasjit Singh and was later elaborated in Ashley Tellis‘s work in 2001 explaining what India‘s nuclear strategy would be after it tested its nuclear weapons in its May 1998 nuclear tests. George Perkovich called it ―non-weaponized deterrence. The aim […]

Baseball team to observe Apollo 11 with moon lander bobble head

Katrin Fidencio, San Diego, USA Kathmandu/San Diego, July 12, 2022: A space traveler will take to the field as a baseball player strolls on the moon — in any event, the last option in bobblehead design — as a component of NASA Night with the Houston Astros. Fans going to Saturday’s (July 16) ball game […]

Nepal: Will the Hindu-Muslim grand gulf disintegrate India?

N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Kathmandu: Veteran Sikh writer of international repute Khuswant Singh said a long time back that the “End of India” is inevitable and that shall in all likelihood be presided over neither by Pakistan nor by “outside” powers, but the end of India is sure on grounds of religious fanaticism. Whether Singh […]

Nepal: Immediate Neighbors and Neighborhood Relations

Nepal Council of World Affairs (NCWA) Background: After the formation of “Immediate neighbors and neighborhood relations committee meetings were held at the meeting hall of NCWA in Pulchowk, Lalitpur, for conceptualizing the major areas of interest to Nepal and the Nepalese. On these meetings, interesting discussions on the topic provided a reasonable basis for elaborate […]

Nepal Foreign Policy: Shifting the Political milieu-Part 1

Dev Raj Dahal Senior Political Scientist, Nepal The post-war geopolitical order defined exclusively by the Western rules, institutions and processes is now fraying with the acceleration of a shift of power and wealth to Asia called by scholars “Easternization which is transforming politics in the world beyond Asia” (Rachman, 2017:3). The unstoppable rise of China […]