Commentaries
Maldives crisis: India’s foreign policy is not delivering in South Asia
Ever since the Maldives witnessed a serious political crisis, the political and media establishments of India have found themselves at a receiving end. Opinions are divided over how New Delhi should tackle the situation...
Importance of Political Freedom and Economic Freedom: Is There Any Correlation Between Political Freedom and Economic Freedom?
What is Freedom?? Freedom, under capitalism, states: freedom from the initiation of force by others. In a political context, freedom is to live in a social system based on individual rights, or in practical terms, freedom has only...
Nepal-Bangladesh-India initiative has major potential
The South Asian region is gaining momentum in economic progress. India is a fast growing economy while Bangladesh too has been achieving remarkable feat in its economic growth. As the closest neighbour of both India and Bangladesh, Nepal ca...
Party manifestos: Almost mirror images of one another
The manifesto of a political party is a guidebook for voters to know ‘where a particular party stands' while also helping voters make a rational decision on who to vote for. The gist of the provincial and parliamentary elect...
India-Nepal-Bangladesh trilateral cooperation: A key initiative to counter China in South Asia
Nepal is at a very significant juncture. The provincial and parliamentary elections in the Himalayan democracy on November 26 and December 7 will decide the future journey of the country which has seen very little political stability since...
ASEAN needs to take humane view of the Rohingya's crisis
Rohingya refugees is one of the critical issues, being faced by not only the neighboring countries, instead ASEAN as well. To find the solution of this problem, the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Office of the State Counsellor constituted an...
BBIN: The goal is noble but achieving it won’t be a cakewalk
Regionalism has been an important strategic tool in the realm of international relations for uniform growth, across national boundaries and geographic barriers. We have seen the gradual rise of the European Union after the Second World War...
Time for Economic Diplomacy
Still, the loud and penetrating voice of incumbent Health Minister Gagan Thapa echoes in my ears. “Nepalis had sent 1000 sacks of wheat to South Korea to feed its starving people after Korean War (1950-1953). And, now the same Nepalis...
Transitional justice, Only in name
The decade long bloody armed conflict ended on 21 November, 2006 after signing of Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). Unlike typical UN peace model or international models which have already been practiced in other war torn states, reintegrat...
Trump, Taiwan and Turbulence
“There was no flashpoint between the superpowers during the Cold War that was as dangerous as Taiwan will be in a Sino-American security competition” a prominent structural realist, John Mearsheimer had said.Donald Trump no...