Nepal: North Korea Pulls in its Diplomatic Horns
By Rajaram Gautam After nearly five decades of diplomaticrelations with Nepal, North Korea has decided to close its embassy in
Read moreBy Rajaram Gautam After nearly five decades of diplomaticrelations with Nepal, North Korea has decided to close its embassy in
Read moreBy Patrick Yeager, USG Long an afterthought, Balochistan – Pakistan’s largest province geographically yet its smallest in terms of population
Read moreBy Olivier Guitta Two years ago, Taiwan was a purely Chinese issue but the invasion by Russia of Ukraine and
Read moreBy Luke Bencie and Elissa Johnson With the two trillion-dollar crash of cryptocurrency in 2022, most casual observers would be
Read moreBy Paul Davis On November 16th, the U.S. Justice Department announced that a Chinese spy was sentenced to 20 years
Read moreBy Luke Bencie and Eric Dorn In recent months, the ever-concerning discussion of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) potential
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Read moreBy Thomas A. Marks & David H. Ucko With the United States having shifted its defense emphasis to peer and
Read moreBy Elena Pokalova Sharing a border with a territory experiencing an insurgency poses numerous risks for the government. Neighboring violence
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Read moreRecent political violence in Nepal by the radical Chand aka Biplav faction should not have come as a surprise. Behind the national self-congratulation at ending the insurgency in November 2006 through negotiation, all Maoist factions continued to use terrorism to ensure the outcome of polls and to dominate local areas, thus to recruit and amass the funds needed for political action. In fact, turning a blind-eye to such violence has been a hallmark of the post-conflict order.
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