Instability in Nepal’s internal political setting: its impact on geo-politics
Abstract
Nepal, landlocked by Asian giants, Dragon and Tiger, is struggling with its internal political instability. On the one side, China is emerging as leader of Global South, extending its influence to the South Asia. On the other hands, India itself pursue as the leader of South Asia. The US is increasing its engagements in the region to deter China. Nepal situated in the geopolitical sensitive location striving with its internal political turmoil. Lack of the incompetency of political leadership, internal conflict between political parties, is causing unstable government. This instability has raising public dissatisfactions. With observations of the internal politics and analyzing the available literature, this article concludes, Nepal is in risk of being pawn in the geopolitical competition and the battle ground for these competitions.
Keywords
China,
domestic policy,
Nepal,
politics,
geo-politics,
political rivalry,
regime,
government,
party,
political instability
About the Author
Dhakal Bidhur
East China Normal University
China
China
Bidhur Dhakal, PhD Candidate, International Relations, School of Politics and International Relations,
Shanghai.
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Bidhur D. Instability in Nepal’s internal political setting: its impact on geo-politics. Bulletin of social Sciences and Humanities. 2023;4(4):26-31.
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