Beyond the Rhetoric of Trilateral Cooperation Over the past few years, ‘trilateral economic cooperation’ and ‘vibrant bridge’ have become buzzwords in Nepal’s foreign policy discourse, and have also caught the popular imagination at home in India.... Post Bahadur Basnet | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
A Compromise with India’s Sphere of Influence Integrating the restive Tibetan minority with China has been the primary domestic challenge for Beijing. Thus far, its Nepal policy has been crafted essentially to address the Tibetan question. The... Abanti Bhattacharya | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Neither Feasible nor Desirable Trilateral cooperation between India, Nepal and China needs to be seen from the perspective of how beneficial it is for all three countries. However, such cooperation cannot be divorced from... Smruti S. Pattanaik | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
More Questions than Answers Prachanda’s proposal for trilateral cooperation between India, Nepal and China seems reasonable on the face of it. However, both China and Nepal should be aware that it will create a... Arvind Gupta | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Caution is the Key Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, made the trilateral proposal during his official visit to India in April 2013. This was the third time since 2010 that Prachanda had raised this... Nihar R. Nayak | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Is India–Nepal–China Trilateral Cooperation Possible? Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, the chairman of the United Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN) (Maoist), visited India on April 27–30, 2013, shortly after he had returned from a week-long... Editorial Board | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Peace or War Journalism: Case Study of the Balochistan Conflict in Pakistan Analysing peace journalism is a difficult task, especially within the context of an ongoing conflict. This study looks at peace journalism as it relates to the Balochistan/Pakistan conflict. Balochistan is... Aarushi Prakash | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Space Awareness: A Need for a Multilateral Mechanism This article discusses the utility and limitations of existing space surveillance networks to address the issue of spaceflight safety and proposes a way forward. Specifically, it begins with a brief... Ajey Lele | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
The Changing Politics and Geopolitics of Burma Burma’s two decades-old alignment with China, which was always an uneasy one, is being reordered to better reflect Burmese national interests. In an attempt to reach out to the West,... Prem Mahadevan | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
EU Weapons Embargo and Current Chinese Foreign Policy This article examines the EU weapons embargo on China as a major foreign policy challenge that China’s new leadership has inherited. The article argues that the continuation of the embargo... Sonika Gupta | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
