Nepal

Re-situating the Buffer State in International Relations: Nepal’s Relations with India and China

Bibek Chand • Jul 19 2023 • Articles

The buffer state needs to be understood as a dynamic political space wherein its agency is important in order to fully comprehend its role.

Himalayan Geopolitics: Contemporary Analysis of Sino-Nepali Relations

Bibek Chand • Apr 19 2021 • Articles

China and Nepal have begun forging closer ties with each other, potentially adding tension to the already contentious state of Sino-Indian relations.

Opinion – What does the Sino-Indian Dispute Mean for Nepal?

Gaurav Bhattarai • Aug 2 2020 • Articles

Owing to Nepal’s geostrategic location, cultivating relations with one country at the expense of the
other, may be counterproductive.

Interview – Ravi Neelakantan

E-International Relations • Mar 15 2020 • Features

Ambassador Ravi Neelakantan talks about the concept of good governance, digital freedom, India’s lack of a ‘grand strategy’, its economic ties and regional partnerships.

Doing Sex Right in Nepal: Activist Language and Sexed/Gendered Expectations

Lisa Caviglia • Aug 23 2019 • Articles

Gender-variant understandings of self are not always reducible to culturally explicit and socially evident claims to identities, or fixed across entire lifespans

Walking the Reflexive Talk

Audrey Alejandro • Sep 17 2016 • Articles

Semi-directive interviews are an innovative methodology that could apprehend the subjective and objective conditions of reflexivity understood as a social practice.

String of Pearls: India and the Geopolitics of Chinese Foreign Policy

Ashay Abbhi • Jul 26 2015 • Articles

At the cusp of energy security balances the diplomatic battle in the Indian Ocean has generated enough interest for the world to watch the passive stand-offs keenly.

India’s Seven Freedoms Doctrine to Nepal

Bishnu Pathak • Sep 28 2014 • Articles

Nepalese people willingly wait to see whether Modi’s doctrine will pursue a merely cosmetic or real change, or a determined fast-track change, in the future.

Climate Change and Least Developed Countries: A Himalayan Perspective

Olivia Gippner • May 26 2013 • Articles

The needs of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) haven’t traditionally been addressed in climate negotiations. Successful market instruments have benefited emerging economies rather than LDCs like Nepal.

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