Constitutional law, governance
and public policy
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
53 entries
"The overarching principle of Nepalese federalism is "cooperation, co-existence and coordination." As the English proverb goes, "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link." The sooner the fed…
The AIIB follows a six-step process for the approval and completion of projects in Asia. These are as follows: strategic programming, project identification, project preparation, Board approval, …
China and landlocked Nepal seem to have almost finalized the text of a transit protocol that is to be signed when President Bidya Devi Bhandari visits China on a four-day official tour in April 2…
As a country intending to benefit from the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its development potentials, Nepal needs to consider the criticisms regarding China’s practice of “debt-trap…
From land acquisition to hiring of personnels-challenges abound to implement contracts under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) [A version of this article appeared in the Kathmandu Post on Februa…
For Nepal, the challenge is to achieve connectivity with international allies without the “Indianization” or “Chinisation” of Nepal The Government of Nepal plans to construct railways for both in…
The Belt and Road Initiative (hereinafter, “BRI”), introduced by President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in 2013, is an international development project focused on connectivity an…
The question of whether Nepal should go ahead with plans to build a dam with a Chinese firm has become entwined in the wider debate about whether the country should align itself with India or Chi…
हरेक राष्ट्रनिर्माताले आफूले निर्माण गरेको मुलुकको निरन्तर सुरक्षा कसरी कायम राख्ने भन्ने कुरा सोचेको हुन्छ । यस्तो सोचाईको दुईवटा पक्ष हुन्छन् । पहिलो पक्ष भनेको निर्माण गरिएको मुलुकको स्याहार–स…
एउटा राजनेताका रुपमा नेपालका प्रथम जननिर्वाचित प्रधानमन्त्री बिपी कोइरालाको विभिन्न कोणबाट विश्लेषण भएको छ । हालका वर्षहरुमा राजनीतिक क्षेत्रका धेरै व्यक्तिहरुले वहाँको प्रजातान्त्रिक राजनीति, रा…
गृहयुद्धको पृष्ठभूमिमा फौजदारी न्यायको खोजीको कुरा गर्दा एसियाली देश कम्बोडियाको आफ्नै महत्व छ । कम्बोडियाले एकप्रकारको अनुभव त दिन्छ नै, तर त्योभन्दापनि बढी एउटा कठोर पाठ सिकाउँछ । यो लेखकले सन्…