South Asia

Geostrategic Location and its Implications for the Foreign Policy of Nepal

Professor Mohan P. Lohani Former Ambassador to Bangladesh And Former President of Nepal Council of World Affairs Kathmandu, Nepal Abstract: There is a consensus that Nepal’s foreign policy formulation and implementation has been significantly shaped, among others, by the country’s geostrategic location. Such location of the country was perceived, more than 2 centuries ago, by […]

Status and Issues of Water Resources in the context of Nepal-Part 3

Professor Dr. Narendra Man Shakya Water Resources Engineering Institute of Engineering Tribhuvan University, Nepal Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): “Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without […]

Nepal: Origin of Civil Society Ancient Period-Part 5

Dev Raj Dahal, Kathmandu, Nepal -Continued from the last issue. The general Asian family values make the change process elite-driven and trickle-down. In Asia social change is incremental overlapping tradition and modernity. On the one hand citizens are loyal to authority, order and hierarchy on the other hand there is progressive erosion of this culture […]

A risk prone descent of a new cold war in a still wintery High North

Professor Tone Bleie, Norway Onset of a biting cold in the High-North:   In the Arctic capital Tromsø on 69.6492° north last week gave us a welcome spell of spring.  A warming sun began melting one meter of hard packed snow.  Suddenly temperatures fell drastically.  Since yesterday we found ourselves again in a frozen white land. The […]