"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 federal government involves other tiers in this process, the better…
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, project implementation, and project completion and evaluation.…
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 2019 for the second Belt and Road (BRI) forum. This protocol is…
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 diplomacy.” Nepal also needs to work out the necessary…
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 February 15, 2019 entitled “Rough Road Ahead.”] Nepal and China have…
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 internal and cross-border transportation of people and freight to…
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 and regional economic integration. The project is guided by the…
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 China. The Nepalese government indicated last week it would abandon…
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–सम्भार र आन्तरिक शान्तिसुव्यवस्था कसरी कायम गर्ने भन्ने हो ।…
एउटा राजनेताका रुपमा नेपालका प्रथम जननिर्वाचित प्रधानमन्त्री बिपी कोइरालाको विभिन्न कोणबाट विश्लेषण भएको छ । हालका वर्षहरुमा राजनीतिक क्षेत्रका धेरै व्यक्तिहरुले वहाँको प्रजातान्त्रिक राजनीति, राष्ट्रवा, राजा महेन्द्रसँगको सम्बन्ध, समाजवादी चिन्तन र विशेषगरी…
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 १९९९ मा कम्बोडियामा संयुक्त राष्ट्र विकास कार्यक्रमको…