International

Is the India-Middle East-Europe Nepal: India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC) a substitute of China’s BRI

-The US and China confrontation imminent- _______________________________________________________________ “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” -Soren Kierkegaarad. N. P. Upadhyaya ( Aryal) Biratnagar: This week I wish to bring into discussion about the “less talked” issues that demand albeit […]

Nepal: Good neighborly policy is not just a matter of choice like choosing nearby or distant friends

Professor Dev Raj Dahal Kathmandu, Nepal In the phase of globalization, small states seek to create normative standards to measure the shortfall of great powers’ geopolitical maneuvers, fight for justice in the international system and apply their tricks of the trade to acquire space for independent maneuver. Defining Nepal’s foreign policy as one of nonalignment, […]

Nepal: India’s ‘network of extra-territorial killings goes global

“A higher degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.” -Arthur Schopenhauer. N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Biratnagar/Kathmandu: The world politics as of now is volcanic and is primarily centered on Canada-India high voltage brawl these days. Both Canada and India are trading allegations and counter allegations against each other. International media sources (except India’s […]

Nepal: Challenges to World Peace

“In South Asia, SAARC was made dysfunctional by the rivalry of India and Pakistan whereas both countries sit together in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to serve their national interests. Why can’t they sit together in SAARC and move it forward once again? India becomes helpless and complains when China includes a large chunk of their […]

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION IN PAKISTAN

WHERE DOES PAKISTAN STAND? By NAUSHEEN SARWAR A civil servant of Pakistan Pakistan has demonstrated commendable commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals as it was one of the first countries to ratify it internationally in 2015. On 16 February 2016, the Parliament of Pakistan unanimously approved the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the national development […]