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Nepal Elections 20 November – Analysis Update

Triangular Race for Seats in Federal and Provincial Elections Political contest for the federal and provincial elections in Nepal has now...

Nepal – Political Futures 2022

Nepal enters a critical phase of elections to the House of Representatives (HOR), or lower house of the parliament and the Provincial...

China: A Comeback in the Indo Pacific

In the first half of the Year 2022, there was a surge in activity by the United States to expand the foot print in the Indo Pacific....

Nepal: Politics Shaping up for Elections in November

Even as the focus of politics in South Asia has been centred in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Nepal is seeing intense activity with elections...

Bhutan, Maldives Bank on Tourism for Economic Revival

Even as the focus in South Asia has been on collapse of the Sri Lankan economy, smaller economies as Maldives and Bhutan are also facing...

Domino Effect of Sri Lanka: Are other South Asian Economies Vulnerable?

Considering assessment of economic prospects by the Asian Development Bank April Outlook, the Debt servicing percentage assessed by the...

Nepal Government Asserts Sovereignty Tables MCC

Nepal’s Prime Minister has finally bitten the bullet and the government has tabled the Millennium Challenge Corporation [MCC] in the...

Nepal Political Stability: Elections Versus MCC

The elections season has commenced in Nepal with local level polls slated for May 13 in a single phase. These will be followed by...

Another Layer of Political Instability in Nepal

As if the issues related to ratification of the MCC agreement with the United States and local elections were not enough the ruling...

Vibrant Village Scheme and China’s Land Boundary Laws

A month after the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Land Boundary Law came into effect on January 01, 2022, India launched the Vibrant...