– SANTOSH SHARMA POUDEL The column originally appeared in The Diplomat on 31 July 2023. Please read the original article here. Nepal is engaged in a fierce debate about rightsizing its army. Statements by two members of parliament ignited the debate. On June 20,...
– SANTOSH Sharma Poudel “An ambassador is not just an emissary but a bridge, a mediator between cultures and countries.” – Robert Blackwill Ambassadors are among the key cogs in the conduct of diplomacy. They are responsible for promoting their...
– SANTOSH Sharma Poudel The column originally appeared in The Diplomat on 16 January 2023. Please read the original article here. Nepali politics continues to confound observers. Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Center (CPN-MC) chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who was...
– NISCHAL Dhungel* and ABIJIT SHARMA Dhungel is a non-resident fellow at NIPoRe. The opinion piece originally appeared in The Kathmandu Post on 18 January 2023. Please read the original article here. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war,...
– SANTOSH Sharma Poudel The column originally appeared in The Diplomat on 25 August 2022. Please read the original article here. A day after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi released...
