The world today has become increasingly insular, intolerant and illiberal. As great power rivalry grows more intense, smaller and weaker nations like ours often face a dilemma—caught in the crossfire.
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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli addressed the Parliament yesterday, to brief the members about his upcoming visit to New York where he said he would speak at the 79th UN General Assembly session. He said he would touch upon important global issues…
Dr Madan Kumar Bhattarai, former Foreign Secretary and ambassador to Germany and Japan, needs no introduction. He is already a name as a diplomat. Now he has been equally active in writing biographies of people who have made contributions in on…
It is a routine phenomenon with every new government to form a new cabinet. Accordingly, ministers in various ministries, including one in the foreign ministry have recently been appointed. A retiree from the Foreign Ministry, having served for near…
The country is in the midst of election fever. People across the nook and corner of the country are going to cast their votes in less than a couple of days from now. Political parties of all hues and manners and their candidates are busy as bees doi…
Sir Earnest Mason Satow in his famous book “Guide to Diplomatic Practices” says, "Modern diplomacy is the application of intelligence and tact to the conduct of official relations between governments of independent states".&nbs…