The emergence of new states in the international system often presents opportunities for established countries to rethink their diplomatic priorities. For Nepal, the Republic of Kosovo represents one such opportunity. While Nepal and Kosovo have yet…
Debates surrounding sovereignty and territorial integrity have long occupied a central place in Nepal’s political discourse. In particular, Nepal’s left political parties have consistently stressed the protection of national sovereignty,…
Hours before his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed the US military to resume nuclear-weapons testing, ending a de facto moratorium that had been in place since 1992. The a…
The first phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election begins today, November 6, with the second phase scheduled for November 11 and results to be declared on November 14. The election is being watched with intense curiosity not only across Indi…
Manjeev Singh Puri is former Indian Ambassador to Nepal. He is a distinguished fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). He has also served as Ambassador of India to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg. Earlier he had served as Amb…
Dhruva Jaishankar is executive director of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) America and also a non-resident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Australia. Previously, he was a fellow at Brookings India in New Delhi, the Brookings Institution in …
Dr. Peter Chang is the Deputy Director of the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya. He holds his Doctorate from Harvard University, US. He works on more applied ethics trajectory, exploring how a rejuvenated Confucian tradition may shape…
Dr. B. R. Deepak is a professor and chairperson at the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was trained in Chinese history and India-China relations at the Peking University, Chinese Academy of S…
Yousuf Bin Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hail is the Ambassador of Qatar to Nepal. He has been serving in Nepal since September 19, 2016. Prior to this, he worked at Africa Department at the Foreign Ministry, the Embassy of Qatar in Kuwait, the Embassy o…
Dr. Khadga KC is a professor at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University. He is a Japan Foundation MONBUSHO fellow of the Government of Japan, a US State Department’s SUSI fellow, and a guest professor at L…