For the second time in five years, Nepal goes to the polls to vote for a new government that many hope will end the political …
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Nepal’s Crisis: Can a Broken Nation Remake Itself?
After a decade of war and nearly half a decade of political dysfunction, the impoverished Himalayan nation is struggling to refashion itself as a secular, pluralistic republic. Political bickering and factionalism is getting in the way.
After the Death of Key Leader, What’s the Future for India’s Maoist Rebellion?
The man known as “Kishenji” was chief ideologue, spokesman and military strategist for India’s Naxals, who have been waging a violent Maoist insurgency against the Indian state for decades. He was killed by Indian security forces …
No End in Sight for Nepal’s Political Dysfunction
Nepal’s difficult journey toward full democracy came through struggle, blood and tears: following a decade long civil war that claimed some 13,000 lives, a peace process initiated in 2006 sought to remake the Himalayan nation. But, five years later, things are lurching simply toward farce.
Current Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal …
A New Turn in India’s War Against the Naxals?
A kidnapping drama is the latest twist in Operation Green Hunt, India’s 16-month-old fight against Maoist rebels, called Naxals. On Feb. 16, R. Vineel Krishna, the collector of Malkangiri District in the eastern state of Orissa, and a junior engineer were taken hostage by Naxals seeking the release of several of their comrades, among …