South Asia

Enhancing Nepal’s Foreign Policy Effectiveness in the Emerging Geopolitical Context

Lal babu Yadav Associate Professor Central Department of Political Science Tribhuban University and Constituent Assembly member, Nepal The Context: Foreign policy as a means of statecraft has become one of the most important mechanisms to defend national interests in this globalised world. In doing so, foreign policy needs to be attuned in such a way […]

Nepal Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities and Changing Security Spectrum of South Asia and Beyond

Professor Gopal Pokharel, Kathmandu, Nepal Introduction: Foreign policy is rightly understood as the extension of domestic policy. It has also been a rational explanation of a country’s external behavior. The foreign policy of any country truly represents its core national interest and is rightly taken as a judicious mix of continuity and change. As a […]

Status and Issues of Water Resources in the context of Nepal-Part 2

– Professor Dr. Narendra Man Shakya Water Resources Engineering Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal -continued from last issue: Groundwater and its Utilization: Available information shows that a good potential for groundwater extraction exists, specially in the southern plains (Terai) and inner valleys of the hills and mountainous regions. Much of the Terai physiographic region […]

Nepal: Origin of Civil Society Ancient Period-Part 4

Dev Raj Dahal, Kathmandu, Nepal A community’s supply of social capital increases the scope and level of group interaction within, sustains the generalized trust outside the community, facilitates information flows and reduces transaction cost for peace and justice in everyday life. “Generalized trust is a key dimension of the political capacities of civil society, which […]

Local Governance in Nepal-Part 1

–Professor Rabindra Khanal, Kathmandu, Nepal  Introduction to the study: The concept of local governance has emerged as a significant issue in the process of democratization. The third wave of democracy, mentioned by Huntington, has brought new challenges to the existing systems around the world for greater participation of the people in decision making processes which […]