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Nepal: Solidifying National Integrity-1

Professor Durga D. Poudel, USA Nepalese Philosophy: Nepalese society is the product of thousands of years of the practice of Hinduism and Buddhism. Therefore, it is safe to state that our cognitive and behavioral orientations, our perception and the interpretation of the outside world, our socio-situational orientation, and philosophy of our life and death are […]

Geopolitics of Nepal-Part 1

  -Survival Strategies of a Small State- Dev Raj Dahal, Kathmandu, Nepal The position that Nepal occupies and its ties with the regional and global powers in the changing world underline the essence of its geopolitics. The decay of the value of distance has today diminished the relevance of geography and the nation’s ability to […]

Rising China and Regional Stability: South Asian Perspective-Part 1

An Essay  Ameen Izzadeen, International Relations Expert, Sri Lanka Introduction: When we talk of the rise of China, one cannot help but mention Napoleon Bonaparte ‘s famous saying, “There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes, he will move the world’. Whether Napoleon is a political prophet or another Nostradamus is […]

NEPAL IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

The Limits of Power of a Small State-2 Professor SRIDHAR K. KHATRI, Ambassador designate USA Like all small states, Nepal’s position in the international system is also conditioned by all these factors. Although the “globalist”, “Indo-centric” and “isolationist” approaches discussed earlier convey either aspirations or limitations behind Nepal’s role within such systems, they do not […]

Emerging Trends in the Security Architecture of Asia Pacific

-A Commentary- Ambassador (retd.) Shamshad Ahmad, Pakistan Introduction: Regional security environment in Asia Pacific is only an extension of the global security paradigm with all its ramifications for the world at large. And the world at large today is marked by challenges of the strategic power game involving the nuclear security order, oil politics and […]