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For Hina Rabbani Khar Kashmir dispute is “An Elephant in the Room”

South Asian Regional Affairs:  N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Kathmandu: Two ministers in the same Pakistani cabinet possess two different views on India occupied Kashmir. If the first one is flexible but the other rather appears fairly strong and adamant. While the senior minister rank wise has a soft tone towards the rival nation-the Indian establishment […]

Strategic Importance of Nepal

Yuba Raj Adhikari Nepal Council of World Affairs ( NCWA) Kathmandu, Nepal Abstract: The fate of any country depends on its geopolitical situation and its role in world politics. At any given time, a small and less powerful country’s independence can be threatened by geopolitical uncertainties and big power politics. Big powers are interested in […]

Implementing the Treaty of Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the future of Nuclear Disarmament-Part 2

-Dr. Niranjan Man Singh Basnyat Nepal’s former Ambassador to Malaysia -Continued from the first part…. Past Efforts for Global Nuclear Disarmament:  The United Nations, an inter-governmental organisation established at the dawn of nuclear era, in its first ever resolution adopted by its General Assembly, which met in London in 1946, was on the subject of […]

FM Bilawal highlights India’s gross, systematic and widespread HR violations in Kashmir

South Asian Regional/International Affairs:   ( An eight minute read).  N. P. Upadhyaya ( Aryal) Kathmandu: If the Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari “surprised many a intelligent brains” in the US including that of his host-the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, for defending Imran Khan’s Moscow visit in a bold manner and that too […]

The Nordic NATO pivot: a stronghold for regional and global peace or a fragile region with turbulent seas and crowded skies?

– Tone Bleie, Norway Why shifts in the Nordic region matter? Imagine Nepal as a small state left an alliance-free foreign policy on short notice, seeking membership in a regional military alliance. Imagine your defense minister few weeks back said s/he was against membership and your prime minister expressed serious reservations. Imagine a historical decision […]