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Nepal-India Ties in the Transforming World (Part I)
This is the first of three parts article that aims to find answers to political-diplomacy-security disciplines with three subject matters: geostrategic apprehensions, foreign policy and lastly security relationship.
With the alteration of the geostrategic environment in South Asia and the whole world. It is very important for Nepal and India to find what issues will be fundamental in shaping the age-old (long standing) and bold (self-possessed) relations for a better and preferable destiny of the two countries.
The Himalayas as the barrier physically and ideologically with geographic challenge is lessening. So immediate neighbourhoods are more a constraint from the regional security point of view.
India’s rise in engagement has also expanded to West Asia, East Asia and Far-east Asia with Act East policy, Look Far East Policy etc. and does not only remain in the immediate neighbourhood though “Neighbourhood First” policy remains at the core for Nepal and India.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party’s centennial anniversary has sent a strong message that China will no longer be bullied, oppressed or subjugated by foreign countries, or the US-led Western countries. China is expanding cooperation in South Asia, shaping the region as a bridge to the Indian Ocean, an alternative for connectivity, resources management and national security.
The South Asian region is divided into two power blocks China and India.
On the bilateral front between Nepal and India, a 12-point agreement between the Seven Party Alliance and the Maoists in New Delhi came into effect with the absence of an exit strategy in addition to the visualization of the upcoming geostrategic surroundings. This added to the mayhem in the relationship.
The imminent phase in Nepal-India relationship will be defined by political-geography. China and India’s growing interests are not only in their peripheries but beyond.
Successful strategy for foreign affairs should end and begin in the real world of international relations. And for Nepal and India, the understanding of the geopolitical shift can offer a win-win solution.
If successful, this relationship will influence other global actors and regional actors. It may even change the international environment in ways favourable to both Nepal and India’s interests.
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