Commentaries
What Nepal can learn from St Kitts and Nevis
St Kitts and Nevis, a small two-island nation in the Caribbean, once plagued with high public debt, decline of its outdated sugar industry, limited revenue sources and a weak domestic economy, today boasts a GDP of $1.1 billion. It also has...
Assessing the stakes of the EU-Mercosur Agreement
On January 17, 2026, the ambitious EU-Mercosur trade agreement was signed. First proposed in 1999 with negotiations gaining momentum in the early 2010’s due to the increasing need for trade diversification. Mercosur, founded...
Can India-US Trade Reboot Improve Bilateral Ties?
US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India yesterday that slashes US tariffs on Indian goods to 18% dismantling a punitive tariff regime on Indian goods exports that climbed to 50% last year. Washington had impose...
Why Not Nepal? Reimagining a Himalayan Economy for the 21st Century
Nepal’s economic potential has long been constrained by infrastructure constraints and bad governance. The country has learned to survive on remittances by exporting labor. This model has helped strengthen the external sector and deli...
India-EU Strategic Partnership and the ‘Mother of All Deals’
The endorsement of a Joint Comprehensive Strategic Agenda on January 27 by EU and India marked many firsts. The Joint statement published following the 16th India-EU Summit categorically underlined ‘the growing closene...
C6-Nepal Relations: A strategic roadmap for Central Asian and Caucasian cooperation
For centuries, the arteries of Eurasia- what modern scholars call the Silk Road- knit together South Asia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus in a web of commerce, ideas, and human mobility. According to UNESCO, archaeological and historical wo...
Trump, Venezuela, the ‘New Global Cold War’ and its implications
Trump, Venezuela, the ‘New Global Cold War’ and its implications The world is witnessing a dramatic reshaping of geopolitical dynamics, driven largely by the assertive policies of US President Donald Trump. His administ...
Digital Diplomacy
98.43 trillion Nepali rupees. That is the total value of digital transactions that have taken place in the fiscal year 2024–25. The availability of cheaper smart gadgets along with affordable data packs has enabled non-currency digita...
The Regulatory Dam – Obstructing the Private Sector Flow
Nepal’s water resources are often termed “White Gold,” a label that implies prosperity for a nation geographically blessed with over 6,000 rivers and rivulets, according to the Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS...
Future of Nepal-India Technology Partnership
In the last decade, both Nepal and India have taken significant initiatives to expand their digital infrastructure and platforms. Their technological relationship has thus reached a critical juncture- attaining better cross-border connectiv...